Veneza 02 Photograph - Limited Edition of 5

I am an artist based in Porto Alegre, in the south of Brazil. During my travels I developed a photographic practice called drift photography. I choose crowded places, hold the camera in my hand, under my stomach, and press the shutter as often as possible, without giving an objective direction. Back in the studio, I begin to edit carefully, using only a few images. Apart from minor adjustments to the lighting, there is no post-processing. In this sense, I approach one of the classic concepts of photography, that of capturing the moment. The process starts 'blind', but once the eye is involved, the work becomes its own thing, and in this editing process the choices meet contemporary issues. The photographs need to capture a certain atmosphere, a sense of urgency and a feeling that something unexpected is about to happen.