When Everything Was Pure Nature
Personal memory by Natasha Murlo
1960 • Toninhas Beach, State of São Paulo, Brazil
In 1960 it was possible to see a lot of soft-crabs walking in the sand (especially on sunset time), playing with shells, and enjoy the calmness of the beach without any drink or food kiosk, bad smell or overpopulation. Nowadays it is an unpleasant landscape, you see more people than nature, fewer trees and it is easier to find bottles and cans polluting the environment.
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