Biography:
Júlia Pontés (b.1983 - Minas Gerais, Brazil) - Based in New York and Buenos Aires. Júlia Pontés is a Brazilian-Argentinian investigative artist, photographer, researcher, and activist. Pontés' work...
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Focus:Filmmaker, Editor, Health, Travel, Business, Fine Art, Documentary, Film, Photo Editor, Photography, Conceptual, Art, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Impact, Columnist, Assignments, Aerial
Covering:Latin America,USA & Canada
Skills:Research, Image Archiving, Digital Printing, Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Color Printing, Photojournalism, Film Photography
The Casa de Pedra Dam is located practically inside the city. The structure is 250 meters from houses and 2.5 kilometers from the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matozinhos, UN World Heritage Site.
Mineral Veins | Transitory Landscapes #100 Papagaio, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Dry Season, 2019
Slate quarry and dam at Papagaio, Minas Gerais,#Brazil. . “The town self declared itself the “World’s Slate Capital”. The strong expansion of slate production, associated with the little effort to recover degraded areas and the use of tailings, has led to technical and environmental problems that may make this activity unfeasible if short-term measures are not taken.”Part of the information is comes from Valéria Lúcia de Oliveira Freitas’ thesis.
Slate is heavily used in the U.S. for roofing, flooring, and flagging because of its durability and nice appearance.