From coexistence and exchange, the carrying out of this work. Whose photographs are the product of surrender and search for connection with ancient cultures and their ancestral worldview. The ritual works were photographed under the influence of ayahuasca, snuff, sananga and kambo - traditional healing methods of the original Amazonian peoples. 

During the research process, I revisited the experience with the Huni-Kuin people, from 2017, which began the research; and got to know a little about the Yawanawá culture. Carrying out a field trip to Aldeia Mutum, in the Indigenous Territory of Rio Gregório, in Acre, at the beginning of 2022. Both indigenous peoples (from the PANO linguistic group); These people permeated me and helped to constitute my being in the world. During the research I began to understand the work as an idea/concept in performance documentation based on my works: Mãe (2019), with the participation of my mother, Nazaré Soares; Jardim Pra Erê (2021), with Mônica Ventura; and Ni Pei (2022) ritual conducted by Tsatsa Wãnnu (Márcia) Yawanawá.

Completing the Master of Arts at  Institute of Arts at Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP: FOTOGRAFIA-RITUAL, concludes not only an academic research process, but a moment in my life, whose reflection and elaboration reverberated important works in my career. This page was created with the aim of sharing the research with the community. The link below redirects to the university's institutional repository.