Release by Kehrer Verlag of “The Enchanted Ones” by Stephanie Pommez.
Stephanie Pommez’s three year engagement with the Ribereinhos (river dwellers) living along the banks of the Amazon documenting traditional midwives was featured by National Geographic and Arte. Shot entirely with 35mm black-and-white film, her documentary work reveals the mystical state of a unique confluence of indigenous, Portuguese and African cultures whose lives are shaped by water and forest. They live in a watery world deeply connected to nature and a culture of myths that blurs the lines between truth, reality and time.
The Enchanted Ones, Encantados are the mythical shape shifters who inhabit the water and forests their tales address the metaphysical forces that charge life. Pommez’s photographs deliver a lyrical portrait of the midwives who not only deliver life, but are also the keepers and weavers of the myths that help to sustain the delicate balance of life.
“I have a very strong bond with nature. I can tell when she is reproducing, when she has just given birth, when she is smiling, when she feels pleasure. The tree is like a woman.” – Stephanie Pommez
Stephanie Pommez : The Enchanted Ones
Kehrer Verlag
Editor: Regina Monfort
Hardcover
24 × 26 cm
128 pages
68 duplex images
English
ISBN 978-3-96900-174-52025
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