Ana Stewart
The Girls of Rio (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Meninas do Rio/ The Girls of Rio
I began shooting this photographic essay to contribute to a book about the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
The theme was glamour. My photographs would show the Rocha, Irajá, Jacaré , Benfica and other less privileged neighborhoods. It was in 2001, far from the Arpoador beach, that I met my first muses.
I decide to give form to my vision by depicting women and girls in the comfort of their own home-sweet-homes, using a Hasselblad camera from the 1960s, a tripod, continuous lighting and a Fresnel reflector.
When I started thinking about doing this show, ten years after the first photos were taken, I decided to shoot the same people, in the same places a decade later.
I didn’t have a predetermined notion of how this photographic essay would develop, or that it would focus on a particular social class. It flowed out of a series of happy, chance encounters. I met wonderful people along the way who brought beauty and charisma to my work.
AUTHOR
Ana Stewart (Brazil)
Education:
B.A. in Social Communication (Journalism) – PUC RJ January 1989
Photography studies with Antônio Augusto Fontes (18 months) 1985
Photography class at EAV RJ (The School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro) 1984
Related Experience:
Master’s degree in Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology, L’Académie
de Paris – Sorbonne, René Descartes University 1992-1993
Completed a course in Cinema and Video at the International Institute of Sound
And Image in St. Remy le Chevreuse, France 1990-1991
Photojournalism internship with Gerard Racinan
Work Experience:
Still Photographer in documentaries and features films in France and Brazil, 1992 – to present date
Photographer for Jornal da Tarde and Estado de São Paulo newspapers, 1997-1998
Group Exhibitions:
Praia (Beach), Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2011
Convergência (Convergences), Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2009
Favela Chic (Slum chic) Paris, France, 2004
Still, MIS - São Paulo, SP, 1999
Solo Exhibitions:
Meninas do Rio (Girls from Rio), Centro Cultural Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, 2013
Meninas do Rio (Girls from Rio), Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, 2011
Collections:
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Brazilian Golden Art, São Paulo, Brazil
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