Um Portal para o Alto da Boavista / A Portal into Alto da Boavista, each 21 x 29.7cm were made in 2024.

“A series of work on paper using the cyanotype technique highlighting the fragile ecosystem of the Mata Atlantica rainforest in Brazil. Use of 19th century photo processing technique on paper combined with photomontage of typical 19th century frames. Acting as a portal into the Mata Atlantica rainforest. Bringing awareness about deforestation that started in the 19th century which affected much of the biodiversity of the region. The photos, shot in the Tijuca Rainforest of Rio, are inspired from typical iconography of 19th century scientific / botanical expeditions in colonial and imperial Brazil. “