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Salvador de Bahia. Capoeira, Brazil

BARBEY, Bruno
Salvador de Bahia. Capoeira, Brazil
Image: © DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Written on the back of this work is: “Brazil is one of my favourite countries. In 1966, I did my very first story in color there. I have been fascinated by Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial year art with deep roots in the times of African enslavement and African warfare. Recently, as I was re-editing my many pictures from Brazil, I found this image taken in Salvador de Bahia.” — Bruno Barbey


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 55425

Creation/Production

BARBEY, Bruno
Role: Photographer
Place: Brazil
Period: 2014

Measurements

h(cm) image size:9.4
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:14
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:15.2
w(cm) paper size:15.1

Material

Paper

Location

In store
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