Verticals of the Pampa: The Relief that Touches the Sky

This collection unveils the dramatic geography of Brazil's southern tip, where the infinite horizon of the Gaucho pampa collides with vertical crevices carved 200 million years ago. Through low-angle lighting and aerial perspectives, the images reveal the unique dialectic of this landscape: the tranquil horizontality of the fields contrasting with basalt walls that plunge into valleys of cold mist.
More than geological records, these photographs capture the poetics of contrast: between the human and the primordial, between the delicacy of the undergrowth and the brutality of the volcanic rocks. Each canyon emerges as a signature of time—scars of the Earth that shelter isolated ecosystems, stories of cattle drivers, and silences known only to the wind.
Explore a vertical Brazil, where the ground opens up to reveal Rio Grande do Sul's best-kept secret.