Since 2022, I have documented the ATL – Articulation of Indigenous Peoples, an annual event in Brasília uniting Indigenous leaders from across Brazil. This photographic series, titled Nhanderekó—a Guarani term meaning “way of being” or “way of life,” encompassing the values, traditions, and practices guiding Indigenous existence and their relationship with the world—aims to sensitively and profoundly portray the presence, identity, and cultural strength of this vital movement’s participants.

Through portraits captured in both digital and analog formats using basic equipment, I focus on revealing each face’s uniqueness and the diversity of cultural expressions emerging during the event. I embrace the nuanced light, texture, and tonality rendered by both photographic techniques, with particular emphasis on black-and-white images. Here, I employ the pictorial chiaroscuro technique—interplay of light and shadow—to heighten each image’s visual and emotional impact.

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