Gleber Amaral

 

 

 

 

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"This website renders my Passion of Photography and Travelling and is dedicated to the love of my life, who made all my dreams come true, Richard"

Gleber  Amaral

 

 

 

 

Gleber Amaral is a brazilian british travel photographer based in Putney, London and Florianopolis, Brazil. With a vast image bank of photographs, his style is ever evolving as his locations are in the most wide ranging places in the world, varying from shots of Bora Bora in the French Polynesia to the sand dunes of the Namib Desert, Namibia. Photographing what each and every unique country has to portray.

This website is divided into Galleries, each one is described as below:

 

Allure

 

Photographs that celebrate the Sea, the love for the ocean

It comprises some of the most heavenly places on Earth like:

- The idyllic Maldives islands of Baros and Soneva gili in the Indian Ocean;

- The Paradise on Earth islands of Bora Bora, Le Taha'a and Moorea in the French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean.

- The nature reserve island of Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic ocean on the Northeast coast of Brazil;

- The beautiful Source D'Argent in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean;

to name a few

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Wonder

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Photographs that celebrate all the man made wonders of the world.

It comprises photographs of icons such as:

- the symbol of British Culture and Punctuallity, "Big Ben";

- a marvel made to honour love in India, "The Taj Mahal";

- the lost city of "Machu Picchu" in Peru ;

- the Magnificent "Eiffel Tower" in Paris,

- the "Pyramides of giza"  in Egypt;

to name a few.

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Burning man

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Photographs that celebrate the surreal, the artistic, the power of the creative mind, where dreamers from all over the world gather to live a week in "Black Rock City", in the heart of Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Embrancing the Dust, The heat, The cold, but above all embracing one another. A place where dreams come true, where the spiritual temple is the centre of a land called "Home", where firedancers, mutant cars and artworks have the power to amaze and when "The Man" is set on fire with blazes as high as the fireworks around that has the wind power to blow the windmills of anyone's mind.

 

Devotion

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Photographs that celebrate the Human Faith. Millenium over millenium temples were built to show worshipping and devotion to the gods as a symbol of faith. It comprises photographs of Temples like:

- the 17 AD temples of Nepal, some lost in time with the earthquake that hit the country in 2015;

- The crown of the golden land Burma, "Shwedagon pagoda" in Myanmar;

- "Borobudur", 9th century, the largest buddhist temple of the world in Java,

- Catholic churches painted by renaissance artists in Verona;

- Temples in the devout and spiritual island of Bali;

- the simply beautiful greek churches in Santorini overlooking the aegean Sea;

to name a few.

 

sonder

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photographs that celebrate the wonderful diversity of the people and their different cultures,with people from far remotes regions of The world such as:

- the Maasai Life Defying Warriors living in the wildlife land of Maasai Mara in Kenya;

- The pilgrims who want to dip in the sacred waters of the Ganges River to wash away a life of sins, in Varanasi, India;

- polynesian firedancers in the paradisiac island of Bora Bora;

- Brazilian carnival dancers embracing the roots of the brazilian culture;

to name a few.

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Aeon

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Photographs that celebrates the natural wonders of the world. Geological wonders made by interaction of the elements over millions and millions of years, sculpting the face of the planet earth like:

- Everest, the highest mountain in the world and neighbouring mountains in the himalayas, Nepal;

- The monumental Grand Canyon in Arizona;

- The sky piercing "Torres del Paine" in the Chilean Patagonia;

- The "Perito Moreno Glacier", one of the three glaciers in the world that are not diminishing, in the Argentinian Patagonia;

- The towering limestone islands topped by rainforests in Halong Bay, Vietnan;

to name a few.

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Metropolis

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Photographs to celebrate the great cities of the world, giving a glimpse of the architecture, arts and culture of these amazing populated places like:

- London, home of "Queen Elizabeth".

- New York, the city where you can walk in the movies;

- Paris, as romantic as the "Eiffel Tower";

- Rio de Janeiro;amazing setting and most vibrant city;

- Sydney;a sun kissed paradise;

- Los Angeles;where one can walk the "Hollywood walk of Fame";

- Las Vegas; temptation at every corner;

to name a few.

 

hiraeth

 

Photographs celebrating small cities, small places yet to be well known and unique events of the past and celebrations such as:

- The opening of the London Olympic Games;

- Colonia del Sacramento, a historic small town onthe banks of Rio de La Plata, Uruguay.

- The sophisticated Islands of Mykonos and Santorini in the Aegean Sea, Greece;

- The beautiful Byron Bay, on the western coast of Australia;

to name a few.

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British Heritage

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Photographs that celebrate British Culture and Heritage comprising places such as:

- Lincoln's Inn, a jewell of british Heritage in Central London;

- HamptonCourt, the home of King Henry VIII;

- Oxford and Cambridge, schools and buildings of these historic cities;

to name a few.

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The information presented here was mainly given by guides at different locations in the world, travel guides and checked on wikipedia and other travel sites.

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If interested in any of the photographs, please use the contact form. For Burning Man photographs, some restrictions apply due to joint copyright with the images with "The Burning Man", as member of the Media team of the festival.