Abstract nominee

The abstract images that are in front of all of us but just visible under the photographer's eye fascinate me. Lines and geometric patterns that can be found in simple objects also bring me lots of opportunities of good abstract pictures. Paraty is an old colonial city 3 hours far from Rio de Janeiro. Even close to a modern city, Paraty is a different world that was left behind a century ago. The fisherman harbor is filled with colorful boats. Here I just registered a part of a fisherman boat and its reflex on the water.

He started as a self-taught photographer in 2003 and since then has focused seriously on developing his photography skills. He seeks to improve his technique and is always challenging himself to raise the quality of his pictures in every new opportunity to click.

His inspiration is based on the great masters of landscape photography, in particular Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter and Edward Weston. Among contemporary photographers, Galen Rowell, Michael Frye, Marc Adamus, as well as Brazilians Sebastiao Salgado and Araquem Alcantara. All of them are inspiration and study tools in his search of images that fascinate with beauty. Above all, pictures that can convey the magic, the charm and the mystery of images captured around the world.

He is an international awarded photographer with more than 25 awards over the years. He also made several single and group exhibits, as well as had his work published in international photo magazines like Dodho.

Since 2017 he is working in a personal photo project: “Traditional Peoples of Cerrado”. It aims to record in images and video testimonials, the people and daily life of the various traditional communities that inhabit the beautiful biome of Cerrado.