Intimate portraits of LGBTQ youths living deep in the Amazon rainforest contain tales of turbulent gender transitions and family friction -- but more importantly, resilience.
are trans, non-binary or"queer in some way," said the photographer, who himself identifies as queer.
"There was a perseverance -- celebrating the fact that they can walk around this town and not care what people think."Borrowing its title from a Brazilian poem of the same name,"Like A River" depicts not only the region's LGBTQ communities, but other groups"living on the margins," as Lyons puts it. His intimate images capture teens involved in arts and music subcultures, as well as indigenous youths with complex"intersectional identities.
Lyons, who has previously produced series on marginalized youths in Mozambique and Ukraine, treats portraiture as an act of collaboration -- and his subjects as friends.The photographer focuses on building relationships before picking up his camera. He usually won't capture people the day he meets them -- and he gives collaborators power over where and how the shoots take place, including what they wear and how they pose.
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