Leticia Valverdes, Terra Preta-Black Earth from the series And Now My Children Know

50.8 x 40.6 cm, gold paint, earth, leaves, fire, blood, 2020.

Leticia’s work ‘And now my children know’ focuses on how the native Amazonian people have protected and lived in harmony with the forest for millennia. And how the forests and communities are under increasing threat from gold mining and other agriculture, which brings diseases, pollution, forest fires and destruction of natural habitats. Her works are rooted in a deep love for the forest and its inhabitants, and knowledge of the geopolitical, social and environmental issues facing the region. The series has been created through interventions with her children on her Amazonian archive. Leticia was born in Brazil has travelled between the UK and the Amazon for the past two decades as a photographer artist and documentary maker. 

Website: www.leticiavalverdes.com 
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