CPOY 76 Portfolio Award of Excellence: Ian Cheibub
A body of work that demonstrates versatility, expertise and depth and showcases a photographer's vision.
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Slide 13 of 31
October 17, 2019
Golgotha is the place where Jesus was crucified. The project tries to understand the different faces of evangelization in the country, trying to find the gaps in between the biblical and the tupiniquim, the Jesus green and yellow from the Brazilian Flag and the creative contradictions it brings. Contemporary Brazil brings this dual meaning: a territory where is a death machine, but also the place of resurrection and redefinition. Silas Malafaia (62), a conservative pastor and one of the biggest supporters of the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, preaches at the headquarters of his church Assembleia de Deus - Vitória em Cristo (Assembly of God - Victory in Christ) at Penha, in the north Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Malafaia is a big reference among Brazil’s evangelicals for the Prosperity Theology and also one of the fastest growing pastors. This theology has been growing strongly amongst conservative evangelicals who, most of the time, are supporters of the president Jair Bolsonaro.