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Araquém Alcântara
Cumuruxatiba, Bahia, Brazil

2009

$12,500
£9,432.56
€10,977.19
CA$17,646.64
A$17,708.33
CHF 10,327.72
MX$215,311.80
NOK 118,675.73
SEK 122,051.93
DKK 82,060.28

About the Item

This photograph by Araquém Alcântara offers a luminous testament to Brazil's untamed beauty, rendered with the masterful clarity and profound sensitivity that define his celebrated body of work. The image exemplifies Alcântara's singular ability to transform the documentary act into a meditation on beauty, fragility, and belonging, a hallmark of a career spent bearing witness to the country's natural and cultural landscapes. About the Artist Recognized as a pioneer of nature photography in Brazil, Araquém Alcântara (b. 1951) has, for over five decades, built a monumental visual legacy that celebrates and defends the country's natural and cultural landscapes. His work transcends documentation, transforming photography into a lyrical and urgent instrument of preservation. Each image reveals the grandeur and vulnerability of Brazil's ecosystems, positioning Alcântara not only as an artist but as a guardian of the nation's environmental memory. Through a deeply humanist gaze, Alcântara's photographs explore the intimate dialogue between nature and culture. His lens captures both the vitality of Brazil's biodiversity and the lives of those who coexist with it, fishermen, artisans, and rural communities whose traditions are woven into the landscape itself. This convergence of ecological and cultural narratives situates his oeuvre within the broader lineage of Brazilian visual modernity, where beauty and conscience are inseparable. Acclaimed internationally, with dozens of books, exhibitions, and awards to his name, Alcântara's work stands as a testament to art's capacity for transformation. His photographs are meditations on belonging and responsibility, poetic manifestos that invite contemplation while compelling action. In Alcântara's vision, Brazil emerges not merely as a place of wonder, but as a living, breathing heritage in need of care and reverence. Details Medium: Archival Pigment Print Mounted and Framed 47 x 71 inches (120 x 180 cm) Edition of 10 Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist Museum-quality, state-of-the-art printing Available sizes and editions: 20 x 30 inches, edition of 10 30 x 40 inches, edition of 10 40 x 60 inches, edition of 10 47 x 71 inches, edition of 10 Custom framing options available upon request. Museum Glass included for this size. Please contact the gallery for framing options and additional information.
  • Creator:
    Araquém Alcântara (1951, Brazilian)
  • Creation Year:
    2009
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 47 in (119.38 cm)Width: 71 in (180.34 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Framing:
    Frame Included
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York City, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1014318318822

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