People nominee

Fragments of the current political-socioeconomic scenario.

On my daily walk through the region where I live - Paulista Avenue in Centre of São Paulo, I raise awareness about: it is possible to literally stumble at every moment across individuals thrown alongside the sidewalks. Stripped of any human dignity, and as if they were not there, despised and repelled by thousands of by-passers - otherwise their own neighbours. And ignored by the State.

In this digital artistic process from the original pictures, I wish to "withdraw them" from the streets to reveal and confer upon them some human dignity; although an utopian ideal. But as a relief to my soul, they seem to be safe and comfortable in this dark, black setting. It looks like the same as we feel when we get home in the end of a daily journey, and go to sleep. I seek, thus, to reconnect them with their human essence, and their equals. And vice versa.

*Dignity of the Human Person it is a term used by the Federal Constitution in Brazil. Its purpose is to ensure to man a minimum of rights that must be respected by the society and the public power.

SUMMARY BIOGRAPHY

Heloisa Lodder de Oliveira (São Paulo, 1969). She was born and lives in São Paulo, capital.

Bachelor of Graphic Design from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, she focuses on studies of the Visual Arts and investigates the men’s behaviour towards the environment in which they live.

AWARDS
2018   Studies on The Dignity of the Human Person - PhotoWerkBerlin/ EMOP European Month of Photography -
Street Projections 2018 - Winner
2018   Studies on The Dignity of the Human Person - LensCulture Street Photography Award 2018 - Finalist 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2018   Studies on The Dignity of the Human Person - Street Projections 2018 - Photo Werk Berlin/ EMOP European
Month of Photography, DE
2018   Studies on The Dignity of the Human Person - Screening - Les Rencontres d 'Arles, FR
2018   PhotoBook The Father of Lightnings - Tiradentes Festival of Photography, Tirandentes, BR
2017   PhotoBook The Father of Lightnings - Instituto Moreira Salles/IMS, Zum Festival, São Paulo,BR

BOOKS 
2017 . The photobook The Father of Lightnings was selected  and exhibited on ZUM 2017 Festival. It's cataloged
on the library of INSTITUTO MOREIRA SALES/IMS-SP.
It was created by a group of photographers, on the
city of Santos-SP, during the second edition of Valongo