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Mario Cravo Neto (Brazilain, 1947–2009) was a photographer best known for his black-and-white works representing Afro-Brazilian subjects in a religious and mystical context. Cravo Neto was the son of well-known Brazilian sculptor Mario Cravo Jr. In 1964, his father relocated the family to Germany to participate in an artist-in-residence program sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Senate of West Berlin. It was during this period that Cravo Neto discovered his interest in sculpture and photography. In 1965, he returned to Brazil where he won an award at the first Art Biennial of Bahia, and celebrated his first solo exhibition.