Claudia Andujar:
In Her Words

Watch our series of documentary films, exploring the life and work of Brazilian photographer, Claudia Andujar.

Installation photo of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle in The Curve, Barbican Centre.

Installation photo of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle in The Curve, Barbican Centre.

Chapter 1: First Contact

Meet Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar as she remembers her first encounter with the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous peoples, and describes how her series of photographs came about.

Chapter 2: Learning Yanomami

Claudia Andujar speaks about how the Yanomami’s unique culture helped to shape her photographic practice.

Chapter 3: Invading Territory

Claudia Andujar speaks in more depth about the Yanomami struggle.

Chapter 4: Marked to Live

In the final episode of the series, Claudia Andujar talks about taking identification photographs for the Yanomami, who didn't use to have individual names, and the significance that holds.

About the exhibition

Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle is on display in The Curve until Sun 29 August 2021.

The exhibition is curated by Thyago Nogueira and Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil in partnership with Hutukara Associação Yanomami and Instituto Socioambiental, and supported by Survival International.

Film footage provided by Survival International.


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