Guy Veloso’s (Brazil, 1969) photographs investigate the frenetic search for the sacred, through pictures taken in varied religious manifestations in the deepest countryside of Brazil.

The project exposes the tenuous (and the always mutant) line between religion and fanaticism in Brazil. It shows the people’s search for the sacred and their great need to externalize their faith-and as if it were not enough "to please" the saints, their need to display to society their belief and devotion.

"Between Faith and Fever: Portraits" is an artistic and anthropological work; an "archeology of images" of a forgotten nation. According to the photographer, "the search for a mystical identity that can lead us, and feed us with its symbols".

Another important aspect of this project is the study of the symbols and their impact on the human object, going beyond the relation between the people and the images of the catholic saints. The exposition shows elements that highlight the religious phenomenon in Brazil in comparison to its Latin American neighbors. Especially focusing on the symbolic pilgrimages and its peculiarities while allowing for a great opportunity to know this great melting pot of symbols called Brazil.

Guy Veloso has been a photographer since 1989. His pieces are in: the University of Essex Collection of Latin American art, Colchester-England; The Portuguese Center of photography, Porto - Portugal; Itau Cultural Database, São Paulo - Brazil; The Joaquim Paiva Collection, Brasília - Brazil among other.