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Between Faith and Fever   2006

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  Between Faith and Fever
2006

There's a dividing line between religiosity and fanatism? How the "pilgrimages", a popular phenomenon in Brazil, are transformed into catharsis instruments of a forgotten people?

The essay "Between Faith and Fever", of the Brazilian Guy Veloso, shows the frantic search for the sacred in several religious manifestations in deep countryside. The project searchs to unmask as the tenuous dividing line between the religiosity and fanatism is faced naturally in Brazil. Show the necessity of outwardly of faith; as if to penitents was not enough "to please" the saints, but also, to show the society their beliefs and their vote.

"Between Faith and Fever" is about an artistic and antropological study at the same time. A true "archaeology of images" of a forgotten country. A great cauldron of symbols that it's called Brazil.

Guy Veloso
guyvel@amazon.com.br
www.arcapress.com

Translation: Sofia Quintas

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 Guy Veloso

photos: 20
Guy Veloso, Brazilian from Belém-Pará, 1969. Has a law degree. He is photographer since 1988.

He's work focuses on the Brazilian religiosity. He's done exhibitions about this subject in Brazil, Equator, Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, England and Japan.

In 2005 participated in the book "Visual History- Origins and Evolution of Brazilian Photography", of Angela Magalhães and Nadja Peregrino.
He's member of the first specailized agency in documentary photography in Brazil (www.arcapress.com).

He's work is present in public and particular collections, being the more importants: Portuguese Photography Center (Porto-Portugal); Collection Joaquin Paiva; Data base Itaú Cultural (Project Rumos); Curitiba Museum of Photography; University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (Colchester-England).

Guy Veloso
guyvel@amazon.com.br



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