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Amazon Rain Forest
JANUARY 2007
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Endless Journey
Photograph by Alex Webb
Manoki Indians travel by truck to their villages in northwest Mato Grosso after a day protesting the illegal clearing of their forests, their historic hunting and fishing territory. Like most of Brazil's 170 indigenous peoples, the Manoki have been struggling to survive ever since they were contacted by rubber gatherers and telegraph linemen who exposed them to diseases and took their lands in the early 1900s. In the 1950s, a Jesuit mission took them in; most stayed there until the government granted them new territory in 1968. Now, the remaining Manoki—numbering about 300 in two villages—are trying to stave off soybean producers, who are clearing thousands of acres of forest.
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Camera: Leica MP or M6
Film Type: Kodachrome 64
Lens: 35mm Summicron
Speed and F-Stop: Unrecorded
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Weather Conditions: Sunny
Time of Day: 3:30 p.m.
Lighting Techniques: Natural light
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