A Proud Cow Boy

We met this guy at the border of the Amazonian forest. Proud to show us his small ranch, to talk a bit with the "estrangeiros"...

Amazonia and The Seringueiros

One year ago, a photographer followed us on our run towards Amazonia to meet with the seringueiros, people of the forest that extract the latex from the hevea trees.

At the end of this path lies the house of Flavio, one of the seringueiro that extracts natural latex from hevea trees.


The natural latex milk flows in small recipe and is turn into "borracha", natural latex. The hevea trees grow naturally only in Amazonia; where they are part of the forest.


Respectful, the seringueiros live in harmony with a forest they are trying to protect by ecologically exploiting its resources... The paradox stands in the fact that they would never leave it, but have other dreams for there children...