Lyons set out to meet young people in the Amazon, who are as complex and tormented as its forest. Daniel Jack Lyons Read more Icelanders' reforestation efforts paint volcanic lava green Consequences for the planet Situated in the heart of the Amazon, it is an ideal setting from which to explore and understand a changing world. The city is in rural territory, mostly forest, which is crossed by the Tupana river and covers an area over 60 times greater than that of Paris. For the past three years, he has been a regular visitor to the Careiro area, south of Manaus. With a background in social anthropology, the American photographer has worked in Mozambique, Ukraine and Los Angeles. And yet Daniel Jack Lyons gives us a completely different picture of the great forest. And finally, there is the strident din of chainsaws, the crackling of fires and the felling of trees dozens of meters high. Many people think the Amazon is noisy: it echoes with the cacophony of birdsong and the racket of monkeys, with the languorous purr of the pec pec, the small, motorized canoes used by those who live in the forest and the roar of the pororoca, the 'thunderous wave' in the Tupi language, named after the giant tidal bore emanating from the furious encounter between the Amazon River and the Atlantic. In picturesIn the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, photographer Daniel Jack Lyons explored the banks of the Rio Tupana, which has become a shadow of its former self. A disenchanted youth in the heart of the Amazon By Bruno Meyerfeld (Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) correspondent) Published on Augat 00h00, updated at 00h00 on August 22, 2022

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