Claudia Guimares

This letter is to introduce my work as a documental photographer.
I've been working as a Professional photographer since the early 90's, when I finished my undergraduate studies at the Art Department of Faculdade Armando Alvares Penteado, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At that time, I got a job as a photographer's assistant and didn't have much time to develop my own work. So I started taking my camera with me to nightclubs, parties and bars, where I felt at ease taking pictures, I was ( and I am) interested in taking pictures of people the way I see them, without thinking too much before the shoot. I worked in black and white and developed the material late night at home.
Once I did a series of documental photographs of Transvestites during an annual party called "Bones Burial", which takes place right after Brazilian Carnaval. At that moment I knew the underground and gay scenes would be my subject matter because I felt that through those images I was able to Express my personal view of the world I lived in.
A couple of months later I was invited to work at a major Brazilian Newspaper "Folha de Sao Paulo". They had created a gay oriented social column and were having trouble finding a photographer willing to do the work. My greatest...

Degree in Fine Arts - FAAP - Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado - São Paulo- Brazil.

La Société Française de Photographie - Paris, França

More info at:
https://br.linkedin.com/in/claudia-guimaraes-608b0440

- 2015 A Flor da Pele - Praça das Artes, SP - Brasil. Curated by Bob Wolfenson, Helio Hara and Ricardo Feldman.
- 2014 Ritos de Passagem – Galeria Mezanino – SP - Brasil
- 2014 Feira Parte –Paço da Artes –USP –SP - Brasil
- 2014 5 Mostra SP de Fotografia – São Paulo – Brasil
- 2013 Meu Diário- Galeira Fernanda Perracini Milani- Brasil
- 2012 O Retrato – Pinacoteca do Estado de S.Paulo – Brazil
- 2012 Feira Parte – Paço das Artes – USP – SP - Brasil
- 2012 PhotoImagem2012 - Museo de Arte Moderna – RP
- 2012 Processo Amado – Galeria Mezanino -SP
- 2012 SP – ARTE - Pavilhão da Bienal – S. Paulo – SP:
- 2011 Individual: Galeria Mezanino 14 Fotográfias.
- 2011 22 Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens - SP
- 2011 Flávio de Carvalho desveste a moda brasileira – MAM
- 2010 Premio Porto Seguro Fotografia – Espaço Cultural –SP
- 2010 30 Anos de Moda Brasileira – MUBE – S.Paulo, Brasil
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