Grota de Angicos: How Lampião died. She's waiting for you...

Well done, Roldao. The image is technically flawless. Given the subject matter, my personal preference would be this image in b & w. Moreover, although the it portrays the woman's boldly colored clothing and what I take to be a resolute stance, I also wonder about the purpose she serves. I see two stories that don't seem to mesh.

Hi Michael. There is a photo in my PN portfolio, made in b-w, which explores the same theme. In fact, the photo scenario we're commenting on requires b-w composition. However, I preferred the color composition to show the clothes that the girl is wearing, contrasting with the thin vegetation and the aridity of the place. This girl is a historian graduated in Brazilian university. According to what she said, the color of the clothes worn by the women who accompanied the bandits of Lampião was indigo blue. The photos of the time (1930-1940) were not colored, so they do not show the colors of the clothes used. A Syrian-Lebanese photographer, called Benjamin Abraham Botto, who became embelet in the Brazilian northeastern hinterland (1936-1938), managed to take many photos of the bandits. All in b-w. I'm trying to salvage this brave photographer's dream: to photograph a bandit woman and her habitat in color. See more on Wikipedia. Thank you for your attention and kind comment. Best regards. Roldao.