This exhibit is a solo project of mine inspired by the legacy that Josué de Castro has left us. The exhibit was funded by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization, of which Josué was the first president, and the Brazilian National Institute for Land Reform (INCRA).
Josué's acute comprehension of human nature and the devastating consequences of the unjust economic and political models adopted by modern civilization have motivated me ever since the Homem-Gabiru project.
In "Josué : A Hunger for Life" I displayed thirty of his most powerful statements while subsidizing these texts with my photographs. Forty images depict the living conditions of people in the large metropolis of Recife, in the sugar cane plantations and in the semi arid regions.
In 1996, 50 years after the first edition of his most famous book, "The Geography of Hunger", the exhibit was launched in Brasilia's National Theater on the very day The World Summit on Food Security began in Rome.
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