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River Women of Brazil
Anda, thirteen, is helped into a corset before going to a football game down the river. Aanda’s family lives in Vila Cruzal, which recently received electricity under a government program called “Luz para Todos” (Light for All)
At the mouth of the Amazon, a long tradition of bartering sex for a taste of modernity
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Issue: Fall 2012 / Volume 88/4
Published: September 21, 2012
Nadia Shira Cohen is a foreign photography correspondent for the New York Times as well as a frequent contributor to National Geographic Brazil and Harper’s.
Paulo Siqueira is a Brazilian photographer and videographer. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Brazil,the New York Times,and Marie Claire Brazil, and his work has appeared in Time, L’Espresso, and Geo, among other publications.