Brazil Photo History | Photographers and Visual Culture

Sebastião Salgado

BR · 1944–

Born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1944, Salgado came to photography in Africa while working as a World Bank economist, convinced that photographs could show human suffering that …

Documentary as reading · DOCUMENTARY

DocumentaryConcerned photographyEnvironmental photography

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RENNÓ

ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ · 1980s

Photographer

Rosângela Rennó

ロザンジェラ・レノー

1980s

Brazilian artist born in 1962, working with photography, found images, archives, books, and installation. Known for archive-based works that recover, reorganize, or reactivate …

Questioning the image · CONCEPTUAL

Conceptual Art

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241DE / BR

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JANAINA TSCHÄPE · 1990s

Photographer

Janaina Tschäpe

ジャナイナ・チェペ

1990s

German-Brazilian artist born in 1973, working across photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, and painting. In a photography-history context, Tschäpe is relevant for …

Questioning the image · CONCEPTUAL

Conceptual Art

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