Pantanal Fire Water

The exhibition is part of the Ocupação Esquenta COP, which proposes new ways of seeing, feeling and acting in the face of the climate crisis

The Pantanal is the largest floodplain in the world: approximately 200,000 km2, equivalent to the combined territories of Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland. A system regulated by large annual natural floods, typical of the region and influenced by the melting of the Andes in the summer. In 2020, this sanctuary of fauna, flora, and people witnessed a paradox. The stupidity of a certain segment of the human species, encouraged by monsters disguised as politicians, provoked the largest arson attack in the biome's history. In 2024, the scenario repeated itself

The same fire that warms and enchants, burns and destroys. The water that irrigates is the same that drowns. For the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Empedocles (495 BC - 430 BC), the element loses its balance when the dominant force is hatred and anger. On the other hand, the element in balance is a product of the force of love. In the exhibition "Water, Pantanal, Fire," Lalo de Almeida documents the fire of hatred, while Luciano Candisani portrays the flood of love. The images denounce and inform, giving form and content to scientific figures and newspaper headlines. Above all, the duo's art is moving. The contrast between the exuberance of life and the violence of crime that leads to death, between water and fire, between good and evil, between love and hate, between enchantment and fear, takes us to our most intimate roots. The result is wonder at the beauty of nature and indignation at stupidity, crime, and impunity. From this whirlwind emerges hope, the one that Paulo Freire (1921-1997) said was from the verb to hope and that leads us to action, inspired by the encounter of art with science and with the emotion that comes from the spirit

Fabio Scarano, curator of the Museum of Tomorrow

Climate Change: Water, Pantanal Fire

Floodwaters, ebbwaters. Droughts arrive, fires ignite. The Pantanal region has the unique distinction of always being governed by the balance of the water cycle, vital for the preservation of the rich biodiversity that pulsates in its rivers, streams, and lagoons, in high water and low water, in the soil and in the air. The overuse of the biome's resources, which produces an increasingly visible state of imbalance, could, according to experts, result in the desertification of this region

The attitude of contemporary man, who does little to curb the escalation of deforestation, carbon emissions and the diversion of water sources for unsustainable agriculture, is leading us to a state of ecocide across the planet

Lalo de Almeida and Luciano Candisani, two of the most prominent and award-winning Brazilian photodocumentarians, have dedicated part of their professional careers to documenting the Pantanal as a way of giving visibility to these pulses of life and death that arise juxtaposed between the flood and dry seasons

Lalo photographed the Pantanal during the 2020 and 2024 fires, which burned about 26% of the region and killed around 17 million vertebrates. His images circulated around the world and helped alert civil society, the scientific community, the Brazilian government, and international organizations to the severity of the problem. These images, part of which are shown here, earned him the prestigious World Press Photo Award

Luciano systematically documents ecosystems around the world. Over the past decade, he spent part of his time underwater in the Pantanal. His images, of rare technical excellence, have resulted in a collection of paramount importance for supporting research and demonstrating the urgency of combating environmental crimes that ultimately also contribute to climate change. For this work, he won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 2012

Lalo de Almeida and Luciano Candisani are visual chroniclers who choose sensitive topics to investigate over long periods, in partnership with scientists and researchers. To achieve the results displayed in this exhibition, they create complex logistics and expose themselves to various types of danger

It is in works like these, which combine idealism, passion and activism, that photography reaches its peak, becoming an open window to reveal the idiosyncrasies and the sublime of the world

This exhibition seeks to raise awareness not only about the plight of the Pantanal, but also about our erratic behavior, which pollutes the air, rivers, and seas, causing damage everywhere. We are faced with a critical example: Guanabara Bay receives, in addition to industrial waste, untreated sewage from fifteen municipalities, which destroys marine life and threatens to ruin the beauty of this splendid place

Eder Chiodetto, curator of the exhibition

Exhibition-manifesto: an invitation to action

Threats to the delicate water regime that sustains the enormous biodiversity of the Pantanal, one of Brazil's six major biomes, have become evident in recent years. Affected by deforestation in the nearby highlands, which leaves the springs and banks of the rivers that form the Pantanal unprotected, this world of waters, described as an "earthly paradise" by the first Portuguese and Spanish who arrived there in the 16th century, is increasingly dry. Worse still, since 2020, the region has been burning before our eyes in a historic series of forest fires

This exhibition was conceived as a manifesto against the severe losses that climate change and human action have inflicted on the Pantanal, in a long (and ongoing) history of aggression. It was the sensitivity of curator Eder Chiodetto that brought together two of the greatest photographers working in Brazil today, Lalo de Almeida and Luciano Candisani, to compose a set of images that contrast the vivid beauty of the Pantanal landscape with the devastating effects of drought and fire

What drives Documenta Pantanal is the belief in the power of powerful cultural expressions—like the photographs gathered here—to document, alert, raise awareness, and mobilize audiences in Brazil and around the world. Since 2019, the initiative has been committed to highlighting the effects of climate change and human activity on the Pantanal through films, books, campaigns, and other initiatives

For us, it makes perfect sense to bring Água Pantanal Fogo to a museum dedicated to exploring our possible futures. Especially in a year in which Brazil hosts the COP, the main international climate conference, and, at the same time, sees so many threats emerging to our still-deficient environmental regulations

At the center of this exhibition is a biome of international significance recognized for its biodiversity and as a source of freshwater, and its strong influence on the Brazilian and South American climate. The Pantanal is a paradigm of an urgent matter that concerns all of us who live on this planet. More than defending the obvious need to conserve our natural heritage, we are interested in calling on increasingly broader audiences to become aware of the gravity of the climate crisis and reflect on what needs to be done to contain it

Monica Guimarães and Teresa Bracher (Documenta Pantanal)

Texts Exhibition

Land of Water

The Pantanal is the largest continuous inland floodplain in the world and one of the six main Brazilian biomes. It is part of the Upper Paraguay River Basin, which covers approximately 600,000 square kilometers, almost 60% of which is in Brazil, with sections in Bolivia and Paraguay. It is formed by the Pantanal plain, which extends across the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, surrounded by a series of plateaus, mountains, and plateaus. It lies between important natural regions such as the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest, and the Cerrado, and boasts unique biodiversity: its fauna and flora blend elements from all these ecoregions

Divided into subregions with diverse landscapes, the Pantanal's main characteristic is its flood cycle (or pulse), the annual alternation between rainy and dry seasons. During the rainy season, concentrated between November and March, the plains flood, forming wetlands, lagoons, and corixos (river branches). During the dry season, which peaks in August, fires are frequent and especially dangerous, especially where dry plant biomass accumulates. The use of fire to create cattle pastures, clear land, and harvest honey, among other things, is common in the Pantanal, but is prohibited during the dry months

Near the point of no return

The Pantanal, Brazil's vast floodplain and the world's largest, is currently a dramatic epicenter of climate adversities exacerbated by human activity. The region faces severe droughts and uncontrolled fires, phenomena that reflect not only a local environmental crisis but also a global climate disruption

The events in the Pantanal are not an isolated phenomenon. The planet is witnessing an alarming increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Devastating storms and unprecedented heat waves are being observed in the Americas and Europe, highlighting a crisis that defies geographic boundaries and demands international attention

This intensification of extreme events is due to the interaction of human activities with the planet's delicate natural systems. The burning of fossil fuels, unsustainable agricultural practices, and, crucially, deforestation and accelerated degradation, especially in tropical regions, contribute significantly to this scenario

The forests and savannas of the Amazon and Cerrado are vital for water and climate regulation. When degraded, they compromise rainfall patterns and affect dependent regions, such as the Pantanal. Deforestation in these biomes contributes to a drastic reduction in humidity, which precipitates droughts and fires

It's alarming to note that, over the last three decades, the Pantanal has seen a 60% reduction in its water surface area, according to data from MapBiomas, an initiative that has analyzed land use in Brazil's various biomes since 2015. This is a clear indication of the impact that climate change and ecosystem destruction have on aquatic environments and biodiversity

The interconnection between deforestation in neighboring biomes and changes in the Pantanal's water cycle is a tangible example of how environmental impacts are interconnected and amplified by human activities. Prolonged droughts in the Pantanal not only reduce soil and vegetation moisture, making the area more prone to fires; they also affect biodiversity and the lives of local communities

Given this challenging situation, mitigation emerges as an urgent need. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting sustainable agricultural practices, and preserving forests are essential measures. Global collaboration between societies, governments, and organizations is crucial to developing adaptation and mitigation strategies that can address a crisis that is both imminent and scalable

Understanding the magnitude of the climate crisis and the vital role each of us can play in promoting a more sustainable future is crucial. We may be very close to climate "tipping points" that, once crossed, could trigger irreversible and self-perpetuating changes in Earth's systems, making life significantly more difficult and unpredictable for future generations

The adoption of strict environmental protection measures and the rapid transition to a low-carbon economy are essential to mitigate the risks of crossing these tipping points. Acting now is not only an ethical responsibility; it is a pragmatic necessity to ensure a sustainable and livable future. Our generation has a duty to recognize and respond to these threats with the urgency and seriousness they demand, to ensure we do not compromise the planet's ability to sustain our own and future generations

Content Pills

Text 1

Recognized as a national heritage site, the Pantanal is home to a Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site, and four wetlands considered of international importance by the Ramsar Convention, a treaty signed by more than 170 countries for the conservation and rational use of water resources. But Brazil does less than its neighbors to conserve the biome: only 2% of its part of the Upper Paraguay Basin is under full protection. In Bolivia, this percentage is 46%. The Bolivian Tucavaca Valley Park, with 263,000 hectares, is almost twice the size of the Pantanal National Park, the largest Brazilian conservation unit in the basin

Text 2

The 1988 Constitution provides for the creation of protective laws for each of Brazil's six main biomes. But only the Atlantic Forest has its own federal law. In 2024, the Supreme Federal Court gave Congress eighteen months to create the Pantanal Law. A year earlier, Mato Grosso do Sul passed a law protecting its nearly 10 million hectares of Pantanal. An unprecedented collaboration between farmers, environmentalists, and the Brazilian government, it mandates that rural properties preserve 50% of their forest and Cerrado formations and 40% of their fields. It prohibits the removal of fragile vegetation, the planting of new exotic agricultural crops such as soybeans and sugarcane, and the construction of dikes, drains, dams, and small hydroelectric plants, which alter the biome's hydrological regime

Text 3

The Pantanal is home to approximately 260 species of fish, 50 amphibians, 150 reptiles, 580 birds, and 170 mammals. It is the Brazilian biome with the best preservation of its animal species: according to the Chico Mendes Institute, less than 10% of the species that inhabit the Pantanal today have worrying numbers. The marsh deer, the jaguar, the giant otter, and the hyacinth macaw are examples of species threatened in other Brazilian regions that have significant populations in the Pantanal. In addition to the loss of natural habitats, accelerated by factors such as river silting, recent fires also pose a direct threat to the animals of the Pantanal. In 2020, 17 million vertebrates died in the fires, which also destroy territories and limit access to water and food sources

Text 4

Despite preserving over 80% of its natural cover, the Pantanal is the Brazilian biome that has lost the most water volume in the last forty years: 80% between 1985 and 2021. This phenomenon is directly linked to the degradation of the Cerrado, the plateaus where the rivers of the Upper Paraguay River Basin originate. In 2020, less than half of the Cerrado's territory (43.4%) retained its native vegetation; deforestation, linked to traditional practices of intensive livestock farming and monoculture, especially soybean, reduces the volume of water that floods the Pantanal plain. Dependence on the Cerrado weakens the Pantanal, but is disregarded by current protection legislation

Text 5

Deforestation in the transition regions between plateaus and plains has accelerated the silting of Pantanal rivers. In these sloping, sandy terrains, the loss of native riparian vegetation favors the emergence of gullies—enormous erosion holes carved by rainwater that reaches the water table, leaving the soil exposed. In the Upper Taquari Basin, which lost more than half of its native forest between the 1970s and 1990s, there are now approximately two thousand gullies. The sediments carried to the plains have transformed the river into a labyrinth of shallow waters, with overflows that have permanently flooded 450,000 hectares of land. With enormous social and economic impacts, the silting of the Taquari is one of the largest environmental disasters currently underway in the Pantanal

Text 6

The dynamics of floods and droughts shape the landscape and biodiversity of the Pantanal. The flooding regime is impacted by human action, but also by changes in temperature and humidity in the Upper Paraguay River Basin. Images from MapBiomas, a reference system for mapping land use in Brazilian biomes, show that the largest wetland on the planet is drying out. In the thirty years from 1988 to 2018, the total area covered by floodwaters shrank by 29%: from 7.2 to 5.1 million hectares. In 2023, the annual water surface (at least six months with water) was 61% below the historical average. Floods are smaller in extent and duration. The new pattern is attributed to local, national, and global drivers of degradation: the conversion of natural areas into exotic pastures, deforestation on the plateau, recurring fires, irregular rainfall patterns linked to Amazon deforestation, and the worsening climate crisis

Text 7

Of all Brazilian biomes, the Pantanal burned the most in the last 36 years: 57% of the territory suffered at least one fire during that period. Over the last decade, climate change has made the region more susceptible to fire, increasing the speed at which fires spread and making firefighting more difficult. In 2020, the driest year since 1985, the biome burned more than 2.3 million hectares. In 2024, accumulated rainfall was the lowest since 2020, and the fires started early: by June, they had already reached an area 529% larger than the average for previous years. By August, according to the Environmental Satellite Applications Laboratory of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the fire had already reached 2.3 million hectares, or 15.61% of the Pantanal

Text 8

The Pantanal regulates the water regime of large regions. The effects of climate change on the biome have repercussions. One example is the intense rains that hit southern Brazil in 2024, leaving more than four hundred thousand people homeless. The heat wave in the central region of the country, with temperatures about 5°C above the period's average, prevented cold fronts from spreading from the southern region, contributing to maintaining areas of instability over the state of Rio Grande do Sul. This effect combines with other factors, such as wind currents, the corridor of moisture from the Amazon, and El Niño, which warms the waters of the Pacific and contributes to increased rainfall

Text 9

Interviewed during the wave of arson attacks that swept through Brazil in 2024, climatologist Carlos Nobre said he was "terrified" by the speed of climate change: "We have the highest temperature the planet has experienced in 100,000 years. Since civilizations began, 10,000 years ago, we have never reached this level, where all climate events have become so intense and frequent. There are droughts all over the world, storms, storm surges [...]. No one predicted this." The agreements signed in recent decades to contain temperatures call for removing 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere per year, starting in 2050, to reach 2100 with a 1°C increase. "But unfortunately, we are already reaching 1.5°C," the scientist noted

Text 10

"The Pantanal isn't just plagued by fire. All the water that floods the world's largest floodplain originates on the surrounding plateau [...]. Amid pastures and corn and soybean plantations, fragments of native vegetation, and hydroelectric plants, there lie the headwaters of the Pantanal's main rivers. In the case of hydroelectric plants, there are 38 operating in the Upper Paraguay Basin. The river with the most dams is the Jaú, with six hydroelectric plants in operation. 'The plants feel like they own the river,' says fisherman Francisco Freire. 'They don't care about the fish or the people"

Fabiano Maisonave, “Biome is threatened by hydroelectric plants, deforestation and pesticides”. Folha de S.Paulo, July 7, 2021

Subtitles Works

Lalo de Almeida

Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1970

A marsh deer seeks refuge in a lagoon to protect itself from a forest fire on the banks of the BR-262 highway

Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Military firefighter fights fire during a forest fire on the Jofre Velho farm

Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Sign at the entrance to a farm on the edge of the Nascentes do Taquari State Park, created to protect the headwaters of the rivers that form the Taquari basin

Alcinópolis, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2021

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Smoke from a forest fire covers the road to the Sesc Porto Cercado Hotel

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Dead alligator in a dry stream on the banks of the Transpantaneira highway, during the 2020 fires

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Calf in agony after having its legs burned in the fire that hit the São Francisco farm

Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Firefighter fights forest fire on Jofre Velho farm

Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Guató children play among burned trees in the Baía dos Guató Indigenous Territory, which had more than 80% of its territory destroyed by fire.

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Alligator killed in forest fire on the banks of the Transpantaneira highway

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Firefighters from Prevfogo (National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires), brought from Piauí, travel by truck to fight a fire on the Santa Tereza farm

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Farmer João Alberto Martins removes dry vegetation in an attempt to stop a fire on his land

Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Firefighters from the Sesc Porto Cercado Hotel battle a nearby forest fire, assisted by a fire department plane

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Burnt vegetation after a forest fire passed through the vicinity of the Sesc Porto Cercado Hotel

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A group of charred capuchin monkeys under a tree in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Sesc Pantanal

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Jaguar footprints on the bed of a dry lake on the Santa Tereza farm, in the Serra do Amolar region

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2021

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Burnt anaconda near a lake on the Santa Tereza farm, in the Serra do Amolar region

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2021

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A marsh deer crosses the Transpantaneira highway amid smoke from a forest fire

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Fire outbreak in the Southern Pantanal. Prompted by a long drought, the 2024 fires were the worst since 2020

Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, 6 ago. 2024

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

To escape the fire, alligators seek shelter on a small corix island on the banks of the Transpantaneira highway

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Tortoise burned by fire on the banks of the Transpantaneira highway

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Bathers try to put out a forest fire around a waterfall on the Mutum River

Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Tourists bathe in a waterfall on the Mutum River, while a forest fire destroys the surrounding vegetation

Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Fire rapidly destroys vegetation on the Paraíso farm, in the Nhecolândia Pantanal

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2 ago. 2024

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

During a fire on the Transpantaneira highway, a resident volunteer monitors a wooden bridge that, if destroyed by fire, would leave the communities connected by the highway isolated

Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A jaguar walks through the burned vegetation of Encontro das Águas State Park

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Charred bird after a fire that hit the Santa Tereza farm, in the Serra do Amolar region

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Volunteer firefighters assess a forest fire on the Jofre Velho farm

Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aerial view of a forest fire in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Sesc Pantanal

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Ashes from a tree completely consumed by fire in burned pasture on the São Francisco farm

Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Firefighters from the Sesc Porto Cercado Hotel battle a nearby forest fire, assisted by a water truck and a fire department plane

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Fire outbreak in the Southern Pantanal, one of the regions affected by the 2024 fires.

Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, 6 ago. 2024

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Devastated by the 2020 fires, the Santa Tereza farm, in the Serra do Amolar region, had almost all of its forest area burned again in 2024

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 6 ago. 2024

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Alligator killed in forest fire on the banks of the Transpantaneira highway

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Ash covers the forest floor burned by fire on the Santa Tereza farm, region

da Serra do Amolar.

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Dead alligator in a dry pond on the Santa Tereza farm, in the Serra do Amolar region

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2021

inkjet on cotton paper

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A military firefighter watches as fire surrounds a riverside dweller's house in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Sesc Pantanal

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Howler monkey charred by forest fire on Santa Tereza farm

Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

image awarded the World Press Photo award in 2020

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In early October 2020, a large fire swept down the slopes of Serra do Amolar and directly hit the Santa Tereza farm. It was an area of ​​tall vegetation, and the flames reached tens of meters. We couldn't get too close because the fire was consuming the vegetation at an incredible speed. The moving fire made a deafening noise, similar to an airplane engine. The next day, after the fire had crossed the farm, I went out to take photographs, accompanied by the manager, Rafael Galvão. The forest had become a pile of charred trees, the ground covered in very light ash. This is the image I took for this coverage of the Pantanal fires in 2020

Lalo de Almeida

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Burnt vegetation along the Transpantaneira highway

Poconé, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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The Transpantaneira Highway is one of the best places to observe wildlife in Brazil. During the 2020 fires, much of the area surrounding the nearly 130-kilometer highway was devastated. In early September, I spent a week traveling through the region to document the tragedy. It was common to see otters and alligators moving along the road in search of water. Most of the streams the highway crosses were dry. In some, animals lay dying, awaiting death. Fires erupted in all directions, and not even the highway's wooden bridges escaped the flames. And amid all this chaos, there was no organized firefighting. The Pantanal was left to its own devices. In one of the few times

I met a fireman on the road, he told me, resigned: 'There's no way out here. The fire will only stop when everything burns down or the rain comes'"

Lalo de Almeida

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Dead deer on burnt pasture near the São Francisco do Perigara farm

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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"Folha de S.Paulo reporter Fabiano Maisonnave and I were on our way to the São Francisco do Perigara farm in Barão de Melgaço. The scene along the dirt road was apocalyptic. Everything was gray and black. Stunned animals, some injured, crossed the road frequently. In the middle of a scorched field, there was a brown spot. As we approached, we saw it was a dead deer. Across the road, a frightened calf watched its mother's body, unresponsive to our presence. A few meters ahead, under a tree, was a troop of charred capuchin monkeys. There were dozens of them, adults and calves, all dead, side by side. We were still in the early stages of covering the Pantanal fires, but it was from that day on that we understood the scale of the tragedy unfolding in the region."

Lalo de Almeida

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Lalo de Almeida

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Military firefighters fight a forest fire on the São Francisco do Perigara farm

Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso, 2020

inkjet on cotton paper

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"The São Francisco do Perigara farm is home to the largest population of hyacinth macaws in the world. When we arrived there in August 2020 to document the fires raging in the region, we found three firefighters, using a broken-down fire engine, trying to minimize the damage. They worked tirelessly, fourteen hours a day, under a blazing sun, from six in the morning to eight at night. And yet, they were unable to stop the fires, driven by strong winds, from continuing to spread, burning dozens of hectares of vegetation every day

Lalo de Almeida

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Alligators in Bamburro Lagoon

Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso, nov. 2011

inkjet on cotton paper

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"I see in alligators the connection between the dynamics of water and life in the Pantanal. Bamburro Lagoon attracts thousands of them during the species' reproductive period, which coincides with the arrival of the first rains. I took this photograph in the early evening, with the camera fixed on a tripod set up at the edge of the lagoon. A full moon illuminated the clouds behind it. The alligators, naturally motionless when thermoregulating, were illuminated with successive flash bursts during a 6-minute exposure. To give volume to the riparian forest, I used a powerful headlamp. The hardest part was coordinating all these variables under the relentless attack of clouds of mosquitoes. When I saw the result, I realized that this image had been in my mind since my first trip to the Pantanal with my father in the 1980s. At the time, when alligator slaughter by leatherworkers was at its peak, it was difficult to spot the animals. To do so, we went out at night, illuminating the banks with a headlamp that revealed their little eyes. alligators glowing in the darkness. I never forgot that image”

Luciano Candisani

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aquatic macrophyte garden in Vazante do Mangabal, an intermittent watercourse formed by flood waters

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, mar. 2011

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The best way I found to explore the shallow waters of the Vazante do Mangabal was by canoe. I spent many hours paddling alone, searching for angles capable of revealing the extraordinary gardens of aquatic macrophytes formed during the flood season. My curiosity for these environments, sparked at age 15 on my first trip to the Pantanal, would later lead me to return to the region numerous times with the sole purpose of exploring its mysterious waters. Over the past ten years, I've spent hundreds of hours submerged in the domains of alligators, anacondas, piranhas, and giant otters, always just inches from these creatures. I've also flown in single-engine aircraft, seeking to understand, from above, the contours and general patterns of the aquatic landscapes, invisible from ground level. The photographs in this work were born from this effort of interpretation. From afar or near, they never dispense with the liquid guiding thread: water is present in every image, as it is in everything that has life

Luciano Candisani

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Dourado no rio Olho-d’Água.

Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Cabeceira do Prata Farm, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, May 2013

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When I photographed this golden fish, I was searching for images capable of evoking a vital connection: the waters that form the Pantanal arrive via rivers originating in the surrounding highlands. Like arteries of an organism, these watercourses determine the existence and sustain biodiversity on the plain. The image was taken near the source of the Olho-d’Água River, on the Bodoquena Plateau. Soon after emerging from the limestone soil, this crystal-clear river joins the Prata River, one of the tributaries of the Miranda River, which in turn meets the Paraguay River on the plain. This extraordinary water source is well protected within the boundaries of a private reserve. But unfortunately, this is not the rule. Many of the springs on the plateaus, which supply water to the Pantanal plain, are victims of siltation and contamination, related to land misuse by farming and pasture. Paradoxically, in the decade I spent searching for ways to reveal the life hidden within the waters of the Pantanal, the largest floodplain in the world, The earth lost much of its surface moisture as a result of the destruction of springs. And a drier environment, combined with global warming, favors the spread of fires”

Luciano Candisani

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Piraputangas in the early hours of the morning on the Olho-d'Água River. This small stream helps form the Pantanal, joining the Prata River, a tributary of the Miranda River, which meets the Paraguay River on the plain

Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Cabeceira do Prata Farm, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, May 2013

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Capybara, the largest rodent in the world, and its young on the beach of the Cuiabá River

Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso, jul. 2017

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Details of a catfish's eye, photographed with a macro lens, reveal an underwater world normally hidden by the murky waters of the Pantanal rivers

Rio Mata-Cachorro, Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A school of mato-grossos tries to eat the eggs laid by a piranha near the roots of water hyacinth

Lagoa Marginal do Rio Formoso, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, ago. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

During the dry season, there is a large concentration of alligators in lagoons that remain relatively full and rich in fish

Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso, nov. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aerial view of the Negro River near the Barranco Alto farm. During the dry season, white sand beaches emerge, and ipê trees bloom in the riverside forest

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, jul. 2007

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Macrophyte gardens support a thriving aquatic ecosystem beneath trees that died in flooding caused by the silting of the Taquari River

Corixão, Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Drone footage reveals the curious pattern formed by floating aquatic vegetation on the surface of a canal

Fazenda Barra Mansa, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, maio 2018

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

The giant otter approaches the boat and stretches its neck to try to expel the invader from its territory

Rio Cuiabá, Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso, abr. 2010

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Accustomed to the presence of observers in boats, a jaguar drinks water in the Encontro das Águas State Park, at the confluence of the Cuiabá, Três Irmãos, Piqueri and Corixo Negro rivers

Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso, jul. 2017

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

School of pacupebas among the dense aquatic vegetation of the Mata-Cachorro stream, near the Paraguay River

Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2014

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Piranha in the Corixão River. Abundant in Pantanal rivers, the fish usually ignores the diver photographer

Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Detail of a female piranha standing guard next to her nest in the aquatic vegetation of the Mata-Cachorro stream

Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Curimbatás in defense formation in the presence of a giant otter, on a surface roughened by the rain.

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Fazenda Cabeceira do Prata, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2001

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Piraputanga watches for movements on the surface of the Olho-d’Água River, where it eats fruits and leaves

Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Cabeceira do Prata Farm, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Feb 2013

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Giant otters make rare appearances in the crystal-clear waters of the Olho-d'Água River. This aquatic mammal is most common in the murky rivers of the Pantanal and Amazon

Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) Cabeceira do Prata Farm, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Feb 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aerial view of the flooded Vazante do Castelo reveals the main drainage channel

Nhecolândia Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, May 2018

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Alligator photographed at the waterline. Victims of a massacre by leather hunters in the 1970s and 1980s, alligators today suffer from the shrinking water surface of the Pantanal

Vazante do Castelo, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, jun. 2021

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

After mating, a 7-meter-long female green anaconda wraps itself around its 2.5-meter-long mate to devour it and replenish its energy. This image is the first photographic record of this behavior

Brejão do Formoso, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, jul. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Plecoes, abundant in Pantanal rivers, build burrows in the bottom for their nests. When the water recedes, these burrows are exposed

Rio Cachorro Morto, Pantanal do Paiaguás, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Under the watchful eye of their mother, newborn alligator pups make their first forays into the water, in a bay near Vazante do Mangabal, a place with a large concentration of nests

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, mar. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

The extreme flooding of 2011 reached areas that are normally above water

like this tree, several meters above the bank of the Touro Morto River

Pantanal do Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, jun. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Cumulus cloud grows over the Touro Morto River, a tributary of the Miranda River, which flows into the Paraguay River

Pantanal do Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, jun. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Source of the Olho-d'Água River in a reserve on the Bodoquena plateau. Of the waters that form the Pantanal, originating in the surrounding highlands, few are protected

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Fazenda Cabeceira do Prata, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, set. 2012

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Stingray camouflages itself on the sandy bottom of Vazante do Castelo

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, maio 2010

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Alligator with its head above water, waiting for prey. The animal can spend hours in this position

Vazante do Castelo, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, jun. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

1.5 meters from the camera, an alligator opens its mouth, waiting for the shoals that descend with the current when the water flows from the flooded fields into the rivers, at low tide

Fazenda Barra Mansa, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, abr. 2010

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

A Pantanal resident standing on a canoe, seen from the water. Just like the landscape, the culture and way of life in the Pantanal were also shaped by water

Vazante do Mangabal, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, mar. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aerial view of an aquatic forest composed of macrophytes up to 4 meters long, in an intermittent watercourse, formed by the runoff of floodwaters

Vazante do Castelo, fazenda Barra Mansa, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, maio 2018

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This photograph, taken with a drone, shows almost no ground; practically everything visible is formed by the arrangement and movement of aquatic plants, some attached to the bottom and others floating. The central, darker part is an area about 3 meters deep where the plants are not attached. Water shapes the landscape and controls life in the largest floodplain on the planet. The Pantanal can be a liquid or dry expanse. From one season to the next, from dry to rainy, its parched fields transform into dense, colorful underwater forests inhabited by myriads of fish. Then they dry out again, in a perennial dynamic that is the essence of this incomparable natural space.

Luciano Candisani

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Known as bays, the numerous lakes characteristic of some regions of the Pantanal

shelter a rich and unknown underwater ecosystem

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, maio 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Inhospitable to aquatic plants, the salt flats, brackish water lagoons, contrast with the life that pulsates in the freshwater bays

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, out. 2008

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Water resurgence point in the limestone subsoil of the Olho-d’Água River, one of the many that rise in the plateaus and supply the Pantanal

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Fazenda Cabeceira do Prata, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, fev. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Two dourados compete for a hunting spot on the Olho-d’Água River, where piraputangas gather to eat fruits and leaves that fall from the riverside forest

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Fazenda Cabeceira do Prata, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, maio 2013

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

The rare and ephemeral appearance of a tapir at the bottom of the Olho-d’Água River

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Fazenda Cabeceira do Prata, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, jan. 2013

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aerial view of the Vazante do Mangabal during the 2011 flood, one of the largest on record. During the dry months, the region is home to a vast field of grass, with almost no sign of water

Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, mar. 2011

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Água Pantanal Fogo

vídeo, 12’30”, 2024

photos and videos: Lalo de Almeida and Luciano Candisani

image direction: André Grynwask and Pri Argoud (Um Cafofo)

original music: Marcelo Pellegrini

musical production: Surdina

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Aquatic plants, the base of the food chain, photosynthesize in a small, oxbow lake with crystal-clear waters. These waters eventually reach the Pantanal plain

Rio Formoso, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, ago. 2011

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Luciano Candisani

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 1970

Victims of a massacre by leather hunters in the 1970s/1980s, alligators today suffer from a shrinking water surface

Vazante do Castelo, Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul, jun. 2021

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Credits

MUSEUM OF TOMORROW

Executive Director

Cristiano Vasconcelos

Curator

Fabio Scarano

General Content Management

Camila Oliveira

Exhibitions

Caetana Lara Resende

Ingrid Vidal

Julia Deccache

Julia Meira

Guilherme Venancio

Rafael Salimena

Nathália Simonetti

Lorena Peña

Public Service

Wagner Turques Guinesi

Alice Villa Frango

Nilson da Silva Ramos

Alessandra Batista da Conceição Penna

Brenda Pinheiro de Oliveira

Caio Correa de Sousa

Caue de Albuquerque Barroso

Douglas Porto Velho

Fernando Lopes Barbosa

Gabriel da Silva Ramos

Guilherme Augusto Gouveia

Igor Pereira Alencar

Ismael Freire de Almeida

José Americo da Rocha Filho

José Francisco de Souza

Luis Rodrigo dos Santos

Mariana Macedo do Nascimento

Matheus dos Santos Oliveira

Queren Priscila Oliveira de Souza

Rafael de Souza de Almeida

Raisa Medeiros de Oliveira

Shirlei de Oliveira Chagas

Vinicius Marcelo de Oliveira dos Santos

Vitor Santos da Silva

Yan Gomes Silveira

Museum Education

Stephanie Santana

Renan Freira

Bianca Paes Araújo

Bruno Baptista

Fernanda de Castro

Juan Barbosa

Julia Mayer

Juliana Câmara

Marcus Andrade

Maria Luiza Lopes

Nicolle Portela

Nicolle Soalheiro

Thainá Nunes

Vinicius Andrade

Vinicius Valentino

Expographic Project

GRUA

Caio Calafate

Pedro Varella

Igor Machado

Design Project

Mariana Boghosian

Mariana Solis

Alexandre Carvalho

Anna Janot

Stage technician

Camuflagem Cenografia

Graphics

Base Comunicação Visual

Fine Assembly

Kbedim 

Audiovisual Installations

Luiz Lima

Ana Barth

Bruno Carreiro

Edson Castro 

Vanderson Vieira

Inovatec Soluções Audiovisuais

Electrical Installation

Francisco Galdino

Diogo Freire

Marlon Vidal

Silas Miranda 

Alexandre Souto

Jefton Elias

Ezequiel Tavares

Jose Petrucio 

Camila Fraga

Floor and Tactile Map

Paju SA Engenharia 

Sensory objects

Luiza Kemp

Content accessibility

Juliette Viana

Production

Órbita Produções

emergency project

PI Projetos e Instalações

Construction insurance

Tokio Marine

JMS Seguros

PANTANAL FOGO WATER

Photographs

Lalo de Almeida

Luciano Candisani

Curator

Eder Chiodetto

General coordination

Mônica Guimarães

Teresa Bracher

Production coordination

Cassia Rossini

Production

Isadora Falconi

Visual identity

Vitor Cesar

Design

Karime Zaher

Editorial coordination

Heloisa Vasconcellos

Text and editing

Teté Martinho

Consultancy

Sandro Menezes Silva

Revision

Vera Maselli

English version

Anthony Doyle

Spanish version

Larissa Bontempi 

Maps

Alessandro Meiguins

Image and videomapping directors

André Grynwask

Pri Argoud (Um Cafofo)

Video soundtrack

Marcelo Pellegrini

Photographic prints

Estúdio Kelly Polato

Administrative

Júlia Sousa

Uma produção

Documenta Pantanal

Thanks

Acaia Pantanal

Adelaide D’Esposito

Agustina Pezzani

Alexandre Bossi

Amadeu Barbosa

Amir Labaki

Ana Maria Barreto [Fazenda São Francisco do Perigara]

Ana Roman

Angela Kuczach

Angelo Rabelo

Anis Chacur

Ari e Silvia Weinfeld

Armando Lacerda

Beatriz Sayad

Belkiss Rondon

Camila Schweizer

Carla Almeida

Carlos Martins

Caroline Leuchtenberger

Claudia Gaigher

Cristina Barros – Tininha

Fernando Tortato [Panthera]

Folha de S.Paulo

Francisco Valeriano [Prevfogo/Ibama]

Gabriela Mendes

Frico Guimarães

Guilherme Rondon

Gustavo Figueirôa

Ham Jung-Min

Haroldo Palo Jr. (in memoriam)

Ibama [Marcos Eduardo Coutinho]

Instituto Centro e Vida – ICV 

Ivan Freitas da Costa [Porto Jofre]

Leonardo Gomes

Luciana Leite

Lucas Pupo

Luiz Vicente

Lygia Barbosa

MapBiomas Brasil

Marcy Junqueira

Maria Inez Barreto

Marina Moraes

Mario Haberfeld

Marta Magnani

Matthew Shirts

National Geographic [Roff Smith, Paul Nicklen]

Neiva Guedes

Nina Valentini

Paulina Chamorro

Paulo Gambale

Pedro Lacerda de Camargo

Paulo Machado

Rafael Galvão [Fazenda Santa Tereza]

Renato Roscoe [Instituto Taquari Vivo]

Ricardo Casarin

Ruivaldo Nery Andrade

Sandra Guató [Terra Indígena Baía dos Guató]

Sara Matos

Sesc Pantanal

Simone e Eduardo Coelho

Sofia Marçal

Sthéphanie Mascara

Tasso Azevedo

Vanessa Rodrigues de Morais

Vitória Arruda

Special thanks

Chalana Esperança

Cristiane Sultani

Instituto Homem Pantaneiro – IHP

Instituto SOS Pantanal

Onçafari

Rede Pró-UC

Renata Lima

Vera Patrício Gouveia

Pantanal Animal Technical Rescue Group

Sergio Eduardo Barreto

Fernanda Jacoby

Nataly Nogueira

Paula Helena

Fernanda Alves

Rodrigo Piva

Luka Moraes