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Text by Vieira, Padre Antonio; Amado, Jorge; Rocha, Wilson Edited by Neto, Mario CravoBiblio.com

Salvador

1999rif. 728Salvador Bahia Brasil: Aries Editora 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Photography by Neto Mario Cravo. Salvador"-in this case a first edition copy in fine condition-serves as an excellent introduction to the work of Mario Cravo Neto. Neto was a Brazilian artist who worked in the last part of the 20th century and was best known for his photography. Starting in the mid-1970s that photography tended to be black-and-white images of staged imagined ceremonies that evoked the bi-racial and multi-cultural people of his native Bahia state in Brazil. But things shifted with this book "Salvador" in 1999. Here he moved from black-and-white to rich color film and took his camera out into the streets of the capital of Bahia Salvador where he himself lived and grew up. Though some of the scenes could possibly be staged it is obvious that he wants to share his world-his Salvador-as it is not as a stylized recreation. At the same time nothing about the photographs here could be considered "objective" and though they are beautiful they certainly aren't conventionally pretty in the way that would make the local tourist board happy. Critic Anna Wilkes Tucker noted that "This is a very personal book.more poetic and less informative than might be expected." She stated for instance that Salvador originated as a major center for the Portuguese slave trade with Africa and to this day it has one of the largest black and mixed-race populations in Brazil. Tucker points out that hardly any of the people photographed for "Salvador" are white and none come from the upper classes. Neto makes a point of photographing everyday people but also produces a gallery of the town's intellectuals and artists as if to point with pride at what this former slave port has produced. He documents the city's artwork itself too whether that is various kinds of folk art or the incredible baroque altarpieces in the city's colonial churches. Neto belonged to an artistic family-his father Mario Cravo Junior was a famed sculptor and now his son Christian Cravo is a photographer himself-and his father's sculptures appear in these sections. The images of churches especially of the religious statuary blend in with his photographs of ceremonies and worshipers involved with indigenous and uniquely Brazilian religions which combine African Christian and other beliefs particularly Candomblé which developed in Brazil in the 19th century. This marked a turning point in Neto's work which starting in 1999 took on a new spiritual dimension that focused especially on Brazilian religious expression and within that especially on Candomblé until his death in 2009. Our copy is apparently a first printing-there is no date line or any reference to other printings on either the copyright page in the front or the expanded copyright page in the back-and is stated as a first edition. All of the text appears in both Portuguese and in English. It is in fine condition the only flaw being a gift inscription on the first free end paper in the front. It is bound in sky blue cloth with the title blind stamped in large letters at the bottom of both covers; nothing appears on the spine. The dust jacket is in near-fine condition because of a bit of shelf wear along the edges. The front panel of the dust jacket is covered by a copy of a full-page photograph of a boy holding a large waterbird a gull by the beak and the book title in large gold letters at the bottom. The back dust jacket panel is similar with a copy of a photograph of small boats tied up in the harbor with the photographer's two surnames elided together at the bottom. Both pictures appear within the textblock. There is very little text in this book-no captions no table of contents and only a few short essays with a list of dates of the dates of the photographs at the end. The large majority of the pages are simply photographs-mostly full page but a few smaller and a few stretching across two pages-and the only pages with page numbers are the ones with text. None have any markings tears or other flaws. This is a Brazil the tourists who stick to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro or even those who take an ecotour of the Amazon rainforest will never see and is well worth a visit especially with such a talented and passionate guide as Mario Cravo Neto. Photos are forthcoming or available upon request. Note: because of the large size of this item there may be a price increase for international shipping. Aries Editora hardcover

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