Michel Soares is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in Japan. His work explores urban life, cultural expressions, and Afro-Brazilian heritage, always with a critical and authorial vision. He was a semifinalist at the Urban Photo Awards 2025 with the series “African Roots: Faith, Resistance, and Expression” and has taken part in international exhibitions. His images move between black and white and color, revealing contrasts between motion and stillness, chaos and silence, tradition and modernity. He regularly publishes on art platforms, offering his works in limited fine art editions.
Call to the Sea is a Fine Art black and white photograph captured in Bahia, Brazil. The image portrays a raised hand holding an Adijá, a ritual object used in Afro-Brazilian religions to invoke the orixás. It symbolizes faith, ancestry, and the deep spiritual connection between people and the sea. A powerful testimony of the African diaspora’s living legacy.
Chamado ao Mar é uma fotografia Fine Art em preto e branco realizada na Bahia, Brasil. A imagem mostra uma mão erguida segurando um Adijá, objeto ritualístico das religiões afro-brasileiras utilizado para invocar os orixás. Representa a fé, a ancestralidade e a profunda ligação espiritual entre o povo e o mar.
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