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Time travel in Brazil. A book and two photographic exhibitions reveal in black and white the complexity that is this enigmatic tropical country.  Salvador de Bahia, the unique bay of Rio de Janeiro, endless beaches, faces, forests, buildings, vistas of the city: Brazil is a reservoir of overwhelming beauty that has stimulated photographers' lenses for almost two centuries - from Pierre Verger and Marcel Gautherot, to contemporar y photographers such as Salgado and now, Kristin Capp, an American living in Namibia, the author of a recent monograph dedicated to the country of the 2016 Olympic Games.  'An indelible imprint on my mind,' thus Capp described the impression Brazil had made upon her senses in her book, Brasil . Here an absorbing world of unexpected and surprising sights which took eight years to research and photograph , reveal s a complex country , beyond the stereotypes of carnival-football-beach , as photographed in b lack and white,...

I’ve heard it said that the oppressed make the worst oppressors.    I never ever thought the day would come when I thought of myself as an oppressor, and yet, here we are.    Ten years. That’s how long it took to season what may have been my greatest love.    I didn’t fall in love with him… I grew in love with him, which I think is a dangerous kind of way to love, because it’s a love that is near-impossible to uproot. He liked me. And, while I enjoyed the attention of him liking me, I was too busy growing in love with him to truly like him back. I loved him; he didn’t love me back. He liked me in that way that boys sometimes like girls: for their pretty faces and the way they smile. He didn’t have the time to grow in love with my soul like I was trying to grow in love with his. I loved him, I eventually learned to be happy just loving him, and I badly wanted him to love me, too. I convinced myself that if only I jus...