First edition of Laroye by Mario Cravo Neto (2002)

First impression

Large format softcover in fine condition

Some very minor wear to extremities of the cover

Comes with a PVC dust jacket 

Minor superficial handling wear to the jacket, consistent with the inherent physical characteristics of the clear PVC material

Some very slight toning to extremities of white pages

Rest of the pages clean, binding firm

Text inBrazilian Portuguese

About

The tropical port city of of Salvador, in Bahia, is one of Brazil's largest urban regions, and one of its poorest. It is also home of the Yoruba candomble, a religious practice of the African diaspora in Brazil, and the purest source of Yoruban culture in the Americas. Native photographer Mario Cravo Neto dedicates this book to the Yoruban deity Exu Maragbo by calling it Laroye, theYoruban salutation to Exu. After a career of publishing his remarkable black-and-white photographs, Mario Cravo Neto reveals a previously unknown aspect of his work in Loroye: stunning color photographs of the people and places of his native Bahia.