Stories from Brazil told through its people, landscapes, histories, cultures, and the many ways local knowledge continues to shape everyday life.
In Cachoeira, Bahia, the Irmandade da Boa Morte carries Black women’s faith, autonomy, and memory into the present. Its August celebration invites us into a living tradition, and reminds us that not everything we encounter through travel is ours to possess.
Cultour was born from one man’s decision to make Brazil his home, then from a harder question: how can a travel company bring people closer to a place without turning that place into a product?
Walking through Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia, I entered as an admirer. I left still moved by its beauty, but carrying a harder question: when photography makes us care through wonder, what might that same beauty leave outside the frame?