Kevin Mazur - Sting and indigenous leader Chief Raoni

Original photograph with photographer's credit stamp on the reverse
Image shows Sting and Chief Raoni from Brazil

PROCESS: gelatin silver print on resin-coated (RC) paper with "This paper manufactured by Kodak" watermark on the reverse
AGE: c. 1987
SIZE: 15.1 x 20.3 cm
CONDITION: overall very good – all imperfections as illustrated.

Raoni Metuktire (born in 1932), also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni, is an Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapo people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture. Raoni gained international attention thanks to musician Sting, who came to meet him in the Xingu in November 1987. Raoni visited 17 countries with Sting from April to June 1989. The very successful campaign gave him the opportunity to raise awareness around the world about the deforestation.