Mario Cravo Neto: A Serene Expectation of Light

Mario Cravo Neto (1947-2009) was a highly influential Brazilian photographer. Having originally trained as a sculptor, he moved into photography after a car accident in the ’70s left him bedridden for a year. Of his images – which focus on the spiritual practices of the Bahia region of Brazil, tracing their origins to West Africa – Cravo Neto said: ‘It is simply a religious position… that I want to adopt.’