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In the heart of the Amazon, a Texan rancher and his Brazilian wife struggle to carve a life from the wilderness, turning their ranch into a beacon of hope amidst a landscape ravaged by greed, corruption,and environmental destruction—where the battle for survival is as much about saving the land as it is about preserving their humanity.


Writing on the left page by John Cain Carter. On the right page, this is an excerpt from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph. Photograph by John Cain Carter.
Writing by John Cain Carter. Photograph by Claudia Andujar.
Photograph by Tito West
Photograph by Christopher Anderson
Writing by Tito West. Background photograph by Tito West. Photograph of Soldier by Paolo Pellegrin
Writing from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph. The map is taken from the same book. Color photograph is by Helen and Frank Schreider.
Writing and photograph by John Cain Carter
Writing by Tito West and excerpt from Paradise Lost by John Milton. Photographs from the archives of John Cain Carter and Tito West.
Writing by Tito West. Photographs from the archives of John and Kika Carter.
Writing by Tito West. Black and white photograph by José Medeiros. Color photograph is from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Writing by Tito West and John Cain Carter. Phohograph from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Writing by Tito West. Photographs from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph. Photograph of the Mackaw is from behind the scenes on Werner Herzog’s film, Fitzcaraldo.
Writing by John Cain Carter. Excerpt from Paradise Lost by John Milton. Photograph by Claudia Andujar
Photographs from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Writing and photographs by Tito West
Writing by Tito West. Photographs from the archive of John Cain Carter
Writing by John Cain Carter. Photograph by Tito West
Writing is an excerpt from the book Xingu by Villas Boas brothers. Photograph on the left page is by Claudia Andujar. Photograph on the right page is from the archive of John Cain Carter.
Writing by Tito West. Photographs from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Writing by Tito West. Background photograph by Tito West. Color photograph is from the book Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Writing by Tito West. Black and white photographs by Tito West. Color work is by Per Fronth.
Photographs by Tito West
Photograph by Tito West.
Writing by John Cain Carter. Photograph by Tito West.
Writing by Tito West. Color photograph by Tito West. Black and white photograph by Claudia Andujar.
Photograph from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph.
Photographs by Claudia Andujar
Writing by Tito West. Color photograph by Tito West. Black and white photograph by Claudia Andujar.
Photograph top left and botton left are from the book, Mato Grosso - The Last Virgin Land by Anthony Smith and Michael Joseph. Remaining photographs are by Miquel Rio Branco.
Photograph by Claudia Andujar.
Photograph by Per Fronth.
Photograph by Per Fronth.