Amazonia: life and death in the Brazilian rainforest

The 10th edition of the Carmignac photojournalism award was dedicated to the Amazon and the issues related to its deforestation. Photojournalist Tommaso Protti, accompanied by journalist Sam Cowie, travelled thousands of miles across the Brazilian Amazon. From the eastern region of Maranhao to the western region of Rondônia, through the states of Pará and Amazonas, they portrayed modern-day life in the Brazilian Amazon, where social and humanitarian crises overlap with destruction of the rainforest.On display at the Saatchi Gallery from 8 June-18 July 2021As I sat in my hotel room in Maraba, a city in the Amazon state of Para, Jornal Nacional - Brazil's flagship news programme - transmitted images of the country's newly elected president, Jair Bolsonaro. "The Indigenous in their reservations are like animals in a zoo," he said. It was November 2018. Continue reading...