Luiz Braga

This book, which contains a selection of eighty photographs by Luiz Braga, is the result of a reflective and extensive photographic record covering more than two decades of the artists’ travels through the Amazon region. Whether in processions, festivals or the simplicity of life of traditional rural communities in the North of Brazil, the photographer’s eye shows us the details and chromatic complexities of the sometimes idyllic, sometimes urban, always abundant scenes of the culture with which Braga is so familiar. The book also includes the words of the artist himself, as well as a text by the editor, the photography critic Eder Chiodetto.

About the artist
Luiz Braga was born in Belém, in 1956, where he lives and works. He studied architecture at the Federal University of Pará in 1975. Since childhood, he became interested in photography and began working as a professional in the mid-1970s.  He made his first solo exhibition in 1979 at the Theodoro Braga Gallery in Belém. Since then, he has not stopped dedicating himself to his authorial language, expressed both in black and white and in color. He won several important awards such as the Marc Ferrez Award in 1988 and Nikon Photo Contest International in 2000. He represented Brazil at the 53rd Venice Biennale. His photos are part of collections such as the São Paulo Museum of Art, the Portuguese Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, among others.

About the editor
Eder Chiodetto was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1965. He is a photographer, editor and curator.

Specifications
Artist Luiz Braga
Editor Eder Chiodetto
Translator Carolina Alfaro de Carvalho
Language Portuguese/English
Page count 232
ISBN 9788560965595
Format Hardcover
Size 28 x 23 cm
Year 2014