Ammunition factory (Realengo). Rio de Janeiro, 1938-1942.
“It is the worker!
Whose perfect hands build all the beauty of an industry or of anything that is otherwise built;
without hands touch, nothing could be made.
Everything may be automatic, but made by the worker.
And without the operation of a lever, or the pushing of a button, nothing could be made.”
From the diary of Josué de Souza Pacheco, worker at Rhodia Química, 1964
Arara indian. Altamira (PA), 1989