SWAY

 

SWAY

BY EOIN O'CONNAIL

Eoin O’Conaill is a photographer and educator who works on long-term projects alongside commissioned work.  He has contributed to publications such as New York Times, Financial Times, Irish Times, International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, Telerama and has completed jobs for numerous commercial and fashion clients. 
His personal projects have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally and his work has been nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Photo Award, Prix Pictet 2011 & ‘13 and the project “Common Place” was the recipient of the Gallery of Photography Artist Award in 2009.
Eoin is a lecturer in photography  at Griffith College Cork and holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Ulster and a BA in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport.

synopsis 

This work documents a recurring physical and psychological environment that exists on the suburban fringes of the modern city, exploring the relationship between people and the built world around them. Extending from locations in Ireland, to the UK and Europe, Sway highlights an increasingly homogeneous cityscape of indistinct housing estates, architecture and periphery businesses where streets merge into each other and one town drifts into the next. Sway sets out to explore this familiar urban environment, looking to a landscape where the consequences of urban planning, economic and political decisions meet with human lives head on.

editor's note

Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

SHANGRI-LA

 

SHANGRI-LA

BY ALNIS STAKLE

Alnis Stakle (b.1975) lives and works in Latvia. He holds PhD in art education from Daugavpils University, Latvia. Since 1998, his works has been exhibited in Latvian Museum of Photography, Latvian National Museum of Art, The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Modern Art Oxford (GB), Langhans gallery in Prague (CZ), Art Center ‘Winzavod’ in Moscow (RU), ‘Gostiny Dvor’ Museum and Exhibition Complex in Archangelsk (RU), Regional Art Museum in Tjumen (RU), Museum Center in Krasnojarsk (RU), Russia State Center of Photography in St. Petersburg (RU), Contemporary Art Museum in Santo Domingo (E),Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires (AR), Museum of Modern Art Carlos Merida of Guatemala City (GT), Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR in Brussells (BE). Stakle is represented by Grinberg Gallery in Moscow and Inde/Jacobs Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.

synopsis

Shangri-La is an imaginary place in China, described as a mystical and utopian valley shielded from the world by a chain of mountains – a true paradise on Earth.
At present, China is right there among the world’s most booming economies. It is estimated that over the next ten years its population growth will reach skyrocketing proportions. This will result in unprecedented levels of industrialisation and urbanisation – a reality of life that billions of Chinese will be facing already in the coming decade. In contemporary China, cities populated by millions have become a magnetic promised land for hordes of gold-diggers as well as people fleeing rural poverty. According to current estimates, by 2030 the urban population of China will reach one billion. To house all these people, 50000 new skyscrapers will need to be built – an amount that equals 10 New York Cities.
This series focuses on China’s hot zone of economic activity, exploring contemporary cityscape transformations in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Special attention is paid to territories with semi-cleared old buildings in preparation for construction of new skyscraper precincts. At night, the cityscape reveals how urban planning, housing, tearing down and construction transpire on an apocalyptic scale, which is particularly fascinating in view of the fact that semi-cleared buildings continue to be inhabited.

editor's note
The presented photographic project was awarded First Prize at the 4th edition of scopio International Photography Contest. The winner and honourable mentions will be exhibited at the contest's exhibition: Crossing Boarders, Shifting Boundaries at RIBA, on 26 of May, 2015. For more information about this subject, click here.

 

SUBTOPIA 2006-2008

 

SUBTOPIA 2006-2008

BY PAULO CATRICA

Paulo Catrica (born 1965, Lisbon; lives Lisbon) studied Photography (Ar.Co., Lisbon, 1985) and History (Lusiada University, 1992). He took an MA on Image and Communication at the Photography Department of Goldsmith’s College and an Audio Visual PhD Studies at the School of Art and Media (University of Westminster), researching The New Towns Program / UK 1946-1970s. He has exhibited at the Portuguese Center of Photography, at the Finnish Photography Triennal and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in London, among other locations. He has published his work in national and international books and magazines, participated in several individual and group exhibitions, and has collaborated several times with scopio Editorial Line: invited author in the section Projects of scopio magazine aboveground city, speaker at the congress ON THE SURFACE: Public Space and Architectural images in debate and invited speaker for the second session of the Conference Cycle CFM + DTW, with "The making of urban & architectural photographs Nineteenth century photographs and the discourses of architecture and urban planning.".

Paulo Catrica´s work on urban landscapes and architecture is an original synthesis that offers a fresh and insightful perspective of the recent past and present realities of our hybrid city. The diverse series he published in scopio aboveground city shows clearly how Paulo Catrica is focused on the subject of public space and city life, understanding critically the rich multi-faceted world that exists in the cities. It is clear his insightful understanding of architectural spaces and their uses through time. He is a photographer with a strong interest in history and his subject of election is urban landscape, especially city spaces and architecture and his interesting work has a postmodernist strand of its own.

Subtopia proposes to build a cognitive map on the contemporary condition of the New Towns in the United Kingdom. Assuming
 a descriptive mood the photographs endorse landscape as a cultural construction. They look into urbanism and architecture as ideological epitomes, seen through the organization of public spaces.

Operating as visual fragments of a non-existent whole, Subtopia intends to create an imaginary New Town by assembling photographs from five different towns, chosen according to the different historical and political phases of the New Towns program: Stevenage (1946), Harlow (1947), Cumbernauld (1955) Runcorn (1964) and Milton Keynes (1967). Reclaiming an allegorical condition, as palimpsests, the photographs trace other layers beneath the image surface.
They affirm their arbitrariness and contingency, refusing any intention to impose a unitary vision upon the subject. In their subjective task they aim to further another possibility to quest the significance of suburban space in post-war British culture and collective memory.

This project was published in scopio magazine, aboveground: city.

 

PORTRAITS FROM HOME

 

PORTRAITS FROM HOME

BY SARAH MALAKOFF

 

Sarah Malakoff (Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1972). Her work has been widely exhibited in both solo and group shows nationally and are included in several public and private collections. She has been awarded Fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2001 and 2011 and a Traveling Fellowship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2011. She is Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

 

Synopsis

For as long as I can remember, I have had a preoccupation with domestic interiors.  As a child, I constantly rearranged the furniture, rugs, and even functions of the rooms in my house.  My long-term photographic project looks at the ways we arrange our most intimate spaces.  Our tastes, personalities, quirks and culture are expressed through our décor choices – sometimes intentionally, but often without realizing bits of our most authentic selves have seeped to the surface.  

In this body of work, I look closely at the portraits we display within the home. These diverse but venerated paintings and photographs of family, ancestors, historical figures, pets, and even celebrities seem to point to a longing for connection to community both past and present.  They resonate, often humorously or uncannily, with the other objects and architecture that surround them.  This collection of private spaces asks the viewer to imagine the people who inhabit them and their relationship to the portraits’ subjects.

These are digital C prints at 20" x 24" made from scans of 4x5 film.

 

Editor´s note

The presented project was selected from a spontaneous submission made by Sarah Malakoff. Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

NACHIBAR

 

NACHIBAR

BY JUAN ABALLE

Juan Aballe studied photography at the School of the International Center of Photography (NYC), and earned a MA in Photography at EFTI School (Madrid). He has been awarded grants from institutions such as the Spanish Ministry of Culture or Fundación Botín and his work has been exhibited and published internationally.

His photography combines a documentary background with a strong formal exploration of the medium and its ability to generate narratives and emotions beyond reality itself. He is deeply interested in how the subjective and ambiguous nature of photography can combine fact and interpretation, reality and imagination.

He has lived several years in Germany and the U.S.A. and is currently based in his hometown, Madrid. 

SYNOPSIS

The NachIbar project (neighbor in german) started when I discovered the old man living in the building in front of my flat in Berlin. I noticed how he used to spend some time everyday at his window, and started to observe him.

I became more and more intrigued by this lonely man and his daily routine, feeling increasingly close to him. For over a year, I photographed his moments at the window, developing a relationship without ever meeting him.

Almost five years later, I self-edited the Nachbar book, which includes 36 of those photographs, as well as texts in spanish and german. 

 

MIRAFLORES

 

MIRAFLORES

POR MIGUEL HENRIQUES

Miguel Henriques é um fotografo Português, concluiu em 2013, o Curso Avançado de Fotografia da AR.CO de Lisboa. Nos últimos anos dedicou-se ao estudo e levantamento fotográfico dos bairros de Lisboa. Realizou diversas exposições individuais e colectivas e publicou, recentemente, o livro "Olivais", pela editora Pianola.

sinopse 

Nos últimos anos dediquei-me a fotografar bairros da periferia da Grande Lisboa resultantes de planos originais coesos (Olivais, Parque das Nações, Portela de Loures e Encarnação), mesmo quando sofreram alterações posteriores significativas (como é o caso de Miraflores). Mais do que um mero levantamento topográfico, procuro um aspecto genuíno em cada bairro. Miraflores principia com uma urbanização promovida por Juan Mechó, com base num projecto multidisciplinar de 1965 destinado a famílias de rendimento alto. A construção inicia-se em 1969, com um prazo de conclusão de 8 anos. De génese modernista, o plano segue o modelo das periferias de Madrid: auto-suficiente, com infra-estruturas desportivas e comerciais próprias. Cada prédio tem um parqueamento subterrâneo próprio, o que é pouco usual na época. O novo quadro político da revolução de 25 de Abril produz obstáculos: o bairro é considerado elitista e as obras são suspensas. Juan Mechó morre na segunda metade dos anos 80 e a família retoma o projecto, aproveitando uma época de crescimento económico. A estratégia consiste em vender os terrenos ainda disponíveis, inseridos num novo plano da Câmara de Oeiras que permite um volume de construção maior do que o inicial. O realojamento da população da Pedreira dos Húngaros - bairro clandestino anexo - alarga o terreno para a construção de fogos de habitação. Nesta série de fotografias, interessou-me principalmente o desenvolvimento do bairro numa encosta que proporciona amplas panorâmicas, contrastantes com os aglomerados de torres de volumetria impressionante, criando sensações opostas, de expansão e de clausura. Esta oposição prolonga-se na paisagem, bem para lá dos limites do bairro, como que dominando toda a periferia. Outro aspecto importante resulta das diferenças entre os vários aglomerados de edifícios, adivinhando - nas suas diferenças arquitectónicas - o lapso temporal entre as diversas épocas de construção.


editor´s note

The presented project was selected from a spontaneous submission made by Miguel Henriques. Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

MÉMOIRE

 

MÉMOIRE

BY SONIA MANGIAPANE

Sonia Mangiapane is a professional photographer whose areas of interest include architecture, spaces, landscape, art & design related projects. She has worked for a number of years for architectural, commercial and editorial clients while also pursuing my own personal work.

In 2012 she relocated to Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from her hometown in Melbourne (Australia). Recently she was shortlisted for the 2014 Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards.

synopsis

The initial aim of this series was simply to document temporary structures, all of which, at the time of shooting, were in a state of transition. I felt a sense of urgency; that these buildings ought to be recorded in some way, lest they be erased from collective memory.

Today some of the structures I have photographed no longer exist. In time some will cease to exist; while others will have elements retained, but their original state will be transformed in a fundamental way.

“Mémoire” explores two themes in parallel; one for the head and one for the heart as it were…

On the one hand, it aims to provoke discussion relating to the sustainable regeneration and adaptive reuse of our existing buildings. Regeneration of the urban environment is critical to a sustainable future. However, confronted with a multitude of social, environmental, financial & political issues to consider, the path we should take is not always clear-cut.

On the other hand, as the series developed I found that it wasn’t the structures themselves that were the most interesting aspect of this project. Rather, the fact that the spaces housed by the structure once had people inhabiting, occupying, visiting or passing through them. These “shells” are embodied with the history and memories of those people. I consider this series a tribute to those memories.

Shot mainly in Melbourne’s inner urban area throughout 2008 to 2010, “Mémoire” captures fleeting moments in our changing urban landscape.

editor's note

Our aim is to bring light to interesting work coming from emergent authors or young photographers.

 

MIES MODEL STUDY

 

MIES MODEL STUDY

BY JOACHIM BROHM


Joachim Brohm (Dülken, Germany, 1955). Has a Diploma in Visual Comunications/Photography from the University of Essen GHS/Folkwang (Germany, 1983) and at the Ohio State University in Columbus (USA, 1984). He has had many solo exhibitions all around the world: Germany, Holland, Austria, USA, Italy, Czech Republic, Belgium, UK, China and Portugal. He was Lecturer and Visiting Artist/Professor in Bielefeld, Dortmund, Salzburg, Chicago and Zürich. Since 1993 he is Professor of Photography at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig where he was also Rector from 2003 to 2011. Has had several monographs as well as been part of many catalogues of group exhibitions. Lives and works in Leipzig.

synopsis

More than 80 years after (Mies van der Rohes) designs for the Krefeld Golf Club were abandoned due to the Great Depression, Belgian architect Paul Robbrecht set about to realize the unfinished project. In 2013, a 1:1 scale model of Mies van der Rohe's original design was realized on the outskirts of Krefeld, a location Mies had selected. Built from unfinished drawings and unrefined plans, the space was rough and incomplete. The temporary space provided rare insight into what could have been – a notion that intrigued photographer Joachim Brohm, and is emphasized by his photographs which draw on the style of the original Modernist photographers, using a mixture of color and black and white images which incorporate diagonal lines and emphasize the open, flowing spaces of the Mies design. Brohm has an extensive background in architectural photography. His portfolio of architectural eccentricities delves into the details of design anomalies, drawing attention to uncommon elements of building design. Brohm was given the opportunity to photograph the life-size Mies model, producing a series of photographs that examine the basic geometry of architectural design, with an emphasis on the unfinished elements of the building.

 

LUGARES

 

LUGARES

POR ALDA JOÃO

 

Alda João é arquitecta pela Faculdade de Arquitectura e Artes da Universidade Lusíada do Porto, desde 2014, ano em que concluiu o Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura.

Paralelamente, tem-se dedicado, desde 2012, e de forma autodidacta, à fotografia analógica, contando já com algumas exposições individuais e colectivas em Viana do Castelo (Inauguro), Vila Nova de Gaia (#PotênciasDe10) e Lisboa (Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa 2013).

Embora explore diferentes câmaras e formatos, a câmara com que mais gosta de fotografar é uma Canon de 35 mm, que pertenceu ao seu pai. Os seus temas de eleição são Arquitectura, Viagem, Street photography e Paisagem.

 

Synopsis

As imagens contidas nesta série, resultam não só do seu arquivo pessoal de fotografia de viagem, como também do deambular por cidades com as quais se encontrava já familiarizada, e são fruto da descoberta dos habitats que constituem.

Procurou captar as atmosferas dos lugares no momento em que foram visitados, o silêncio e a inquietude dos cenários vazios, e de que forma os habitantes da cidade se apropriam destes espaços.

 

Editor's note

Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG PLACES

 

LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG PLACES

BY CARLO CAFFERINI

 

Born in Piacenza, Italy, in 1985, I fell in love with photography when I was a child, traveling in the wake of my uncles around France, Spain and Portugal, always armed with film cameras. I moved to digital reflex four years ago.
My passion for photography has gone hand in hand with a passion for architecture, especially contemporary. For this reason my photographs have always had a special consideration for architecture, and they are often linked with the human figure, without whom the structure would not exist.
Recently my project 'Presence-absence in architecture' has been featured in LensCulture as Editors' Pick and a selection of images from the project has been printed in Aesthetica Magazine - Issue 65. You can see my work here, on 500px, and follow me on instagram.

 

Synopsis

The littleness of human being, the magnificence of human structures.
I was always mesmerized by the great, huge structures built by man through the centuries, in a continuous effort to reach the sky.
Structures in respect to which the man reveals himself in all his smallness and insignificance, but at the same time the first evidence of the greatness and importance of human being, because we must not forget that without man these architectures would not exist.
The project 'Little people, big places' tries to explore this relationship between man and architecture, that shows itself sometimes as a mute dialogue, sometimes as a one-way communication from architecture to unaware people, sometimes instead as a unidirectional communication between people and seemingly indifferent architecture.
Images of this ongoing project are taken in various european cities (Barcelona, Lisboa, Berlin, Rome, Pisa, Milano), visited during my trips.

 

Editor's note

Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

LA MURALLA ROJA

 

LA MURALLA ROJA

BY FRED GUILLAUD

 

PROYECTO: LA MURALLA ROJA

AÑO: 1973 LOCALIZACIÓN: CALPE, ALICANTE, SPAIN

CLIENTE: PALOMAR S.A.  

 

Within the context of La Manzanera, La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall) asks to be considered as a case apart. It embodies a clear reference to the popular architecture of the Arab Mediterranean, in particular to the adobe towers of North Africa. The Red Wall is like a fortress which marks a vertical silhouette following the contour lines of the rocky cliff. With this building, RBTA wanted to break the post-Renaissance division between public and private spaces reinterpreting the Mediterranean tradition of the Kasbah. The labyrinth of this recreated Kasbah corresponds to a precise geometric plan based on the typology of the Greek cross with arms 5 meters long, these being grouped in different ways, with service towers (kitchens and bathrooms) at their point of intersection. The geometric basis of the layout is also an approximation to the theories of constructivism, and makes La Muralla Roja a very clear evocation of these. The forms of the building, evoking a constructivist aesthetic, create an ensemble of interconnected patios which provide access to the 50 apartments, which include 60 sqm studios, and two and three-bedroom apartments of 80 and 120 sqm, respectively. On the roof terraces there are solariums, a swimming pool, and a sauna for resident’s use. The criterion of applying to the building a gamut of various colours responds to the intention to give a determined relief to the distinct architectural elements, according to their structural functions. The outside surfaces are painted in various tones of red, to accentuate the contrast with the landscape; patios an stairs, however, area treated with blue tones, such as sky-blue, indigo, violet, to produce a stronger or weaker contrast with the sky or, on the contrary, an optical effect of blending in with it. The intensity of the colours is also related to the light and shows how the combination of these elements can help create a greater illusion of space.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Fred Guillaud (1973, France) is a graduated architect. He moves to Barcelona where he worked during 10 years as a partner architect  in WMA agency before creating his own multidisciplinary company in 2010 QUARCS, Architectural synchronized network.   In parallel of his activity, Fred Guillaud develops an important photographic work exclusively shot in film. His work is mainly centered on architecture and urban landscapes but Fred adds sometime people in his pics to show the social context. His images are simple but forceful, with a small color palette, a strong graphic style and a great serenity. 

 

Site: http://www.fredguillaud.com

 

INSDUSTRIE - LA VALLÉE

 

INSDUSTRIE - LA VALLÉE

BY JENNIFER NIEDERHAUSER SCHLUP

 

Jennifer Niederhauser Schlup, lives and works in Lausanne. She holds a Bachelor in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston and a Master in Art Direction from the Universuty of Art and Design, Lausanne (Ecal). Her work has been shown in various exhibition and publications.

In 2014 she was a FOAM Talent as well as a Vfg nachwuchsförderpreis laureate and shortlisted for the Voies Off Prize. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Atelier Néerlandais — Paris, East Wing Gallery — Dubai, BEARSPACE gallery — London among others.

She is also the Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Adventice Editions (AE), which she founded in 2011 together with graphic designer Florine Bonaventure. AE is an independent publishing house which releases annually the eponymous publication Adventice.

 

Synopsis

La Vallée postulates photography as a creator of stories, whether they fall under pure invention or are rooted in a certain reality. Photography becomes here the
vector of a very personal vision and tends to fiction. Taking the aspect of a fictional study, the project considers la Vallée de Joux and its geographic, demographic and industrial characteristics, emphasizing the heterogeneous aspects of the region. Indeed, this area is a microcosm where traditions, rigor, industry and luxury come together. These notions, sometimes paradoxical, are the result of its location as a remote valley of the Jura and its importance as one of the birthplaces of the watch industry.

La Vallée shows an unconventional perspective on this unique socio-geographic context and contradicts prejudices deeply rooted in the imagination of the foreigner. The photographs, in the guise of documentary and objective images are manipulated, retouched and composed so as to create a manufactured substantiality and disturb the viewer. The whole consists of various series each adopting a specific aesthetic and re-interpreting various photographic genres.The story becomes emblematic and exposes the importance of imagination in creating a site-specific identity.

The series presented here is Industrie.

 

Editor's note

Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

FORMA

 

FORMA

POR ANA MIRIAM

Sobre os limites da nossa perceção e do nosso entendimento. Sobre o momento em que parece que podemos agarrar, compreender, mas a verdade nos escapa. Sobre o movimento hesitante que acompanha esse momento, sobre esse mistério. Um peso, uma estranheza, uma solidão. Também um encantamento, um silêncio bom e uma promessa de algo que se esconde, algo que está longe, que é demasiado grande ou demasiado pequeno. Sobre a nossa perceção e entendimento do espaço. O que é o vazio, o que existe entre as coisas, o que as separa ou as une. Tentando mostrar o espaço, imaginando-lhe formas. À procura desse vazio, encontrei outras coisas difíceis de ver, coisas opacas, abismos, escuridão e demasiada luz. Continuo à procura, na noite, na neve, no nevoeiro.

SOBRE O AUTOR:

Ana Miriam estudou Artes Plásticas no Porto e em Bordéus e frequenta o Mestrado em Criação Artística Contemporânea, na Universidade de Aveiro. O seu trabalho fotográfico explora diferentes aspetos da vivência do espaço em contextos e escalas distintos, do urbano ao rural e da casa à paisagem. Trabalha como freelancer no âmbito da fotografia de arquitetura e é formadora na área da fotografia.

 

FORJA

 

FORJA

BY VASCO NOBRE LOPES

Vasco Nobre Lopes completed his M.Arch at UAL University (Lisbon) in 2007 and collaborated with several Portuguese architectural offices. In 2012 he established the "Forja Project" - Research/Post-Crisis/Resilient/Solutions. 

Synopsis

FORJA - def.:

Construct, contrive, create, devise, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out, invent, make, mould, shape, work  

2    coin, copy, counterfeit, fake, falsify, feign, imitate.

There is an old saying that goes "ignorance is no excuse". Well, at this point one could take it a stop further and say ignorance can be fatal. A young person today must have the technology and the know-how. Never before has self sufficiency and education been so important and they are virtually inseparable from survival.

All photographs were made in the working process of the architectural studio forja.

Editor´s note

The presented project was selected from a spontaneous submission made by Vasco Lopes. Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

FICTIONS

 

FICTIONS

BY FILIP DUJARDIN

Filip Dujardin (Ghent, Belgium, 1971) is an Art Historian (University of Ghent) specialized in Architecture and Photography (Academy of Ghent). He was technical assistant of Magnum-Photographer Carl De Keyzer and collaborated with Frederik Vercruysse.

He has published his work in national and international books and magazines, participated in several individual and group exhibitions since 2007, and has collaborated several times with scopio Editorial Line: invited author in the section Projects of scopio magazine aboveground architecture, speaker at the congress ON THE SURFACE: Public Space and Architectural images in debate and invited photographer to integrate the jury of the international photography contest aboveground territory.

His significant and inspiring work is mostly characterized by an artistic strategy that uses the tools of digital imaging as an opportunity for a postmodern project that unveils the pretence of photographic objectivity, making us more attentive to the architecture that surrounds us and to where we live and work.

Filip Dujardin uses the power of digital manipulation not to mask or denature a profound reality, but to call our critical attention to it, and his work is used, not to blur our ontological distinctions between the imaginary and the real, but to sharpen our critical attitude towards the existing architecture of today.


Pedro Leão Neto

 

ESCULTURA DO INCONSCIENTE

 

ESCULTURA DO INCONSCIENTE

POR TATEWAKI NIO


Tatewaki Nio nasceu em Kobe, Japão em 1971. Vive e trabalha em São Paulo desde 1998. Formado em sociologia pela Universidade de Sophia (Tóquio, Japão) estudou fotografia no SENAC (São Paulo, Brasil). Com várias exposições individuais e colectivas, prémios e colecções é representado pela Fauna Galeria. 

Synopsis

Escultura do Inconsciente investiga a paisagem de uma urbe em transformação, resultado da especulação imobiliária e da construção de grandes empreendimentos comerciais avassaladores, que transpõem a construção espontânea da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo do Brasil. Através deste projecto, Nio trata da efemeridade dos espaços em (des)construção a partir do registo dos vestígios e do resultado deste conflito. Terrenos baldios e prédios prestes a serem demolidos são alguns dos temas tratados. Os vazios registados são compostos por uma estranha presença sobre – humana. O uso de uma câmera de grande formato, permite que uma maior quantidade de detalhes dessa paisagem moldem enormes criaturas nas cidades. Num ato demorado e atento - oposto ao ritmo vertiginoso de transformação da paisagem -, este projecto demonstra a importância desses objetos, esculturas que esboçam fragilidade na eminência de sua extinção.

Iniciado em 2006 e continuado até hoje o projeto Escultura do Inconsciente contém mais de 70 imagens concluídas.

Editor´s note

The presented project was selected from a spontaneous submission. Our aim is to disseminate and bring to light telling work of emergent or young photographers.

 

EDUCAÇÃO PARA TODOS

 

EDUCAÇÃO PARA TODOS

POR GUILHERME BERGAMINI

 

Guilherme Bergamini (Belo Horizonte, Brasil), formado em jornalismo, trabalha com fotografia há quase duas décadas. Premiado em concursos nacionais, participou de festivais e exposições coletivas e individuais, além de ter fotos publicadas em diferentes veículos de comunicação brasileiros.

 

Sinopse

Educar é conquistar novos horizontes, novas possibilidades de vida, mais digna e justa. Conhecimento abre portas e rompe fronteiras, permitindo que nossos sonhos e desejos sejam realizados. Não investir em educação é perpetuar a ignorância, o domínio de uma minoria perante a maioria. Informação é poder de escolha, é saber definir quem irá proporcionar o crescimento de uma nação, a igualdade entre os povos e a soberania de um Estado. O País que não educa permanece estagnado, sem horizontes e fadado ao fracasso. Estudar é alcançar novos mundos, com a certeza de um horizonte justo, igualitário e fraterno. Uma democracia consolidada para todos.

 

Nota do Editor

O projecto apresentado foi seleccionado a partir de uma candidatura espontânea de Guilherme Bergamini. O nosso objectivo é divulgar e trazer à luz o trabalho de jovens fotógrafos emergentes.