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Photographers turn their homes into cameras to portray life in Covid-19 times.
The essay was designed by photographer Bruno Alencastro from his apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
The history of photography is directly related to the point of view of a window. It was from there that, in 1826, Niepce took the first photograph in history. 8 hours of exposure, there, from the point of view of the window of his house in the countryside of France!
Beyond photography, throughout the history of art, the window as a point of view is a recurring motif among painters, portraitists, filmmakers and visual artists in general. From “Young woman at a window”, by Salvador Dalí, to “Rear Window”, by Hitchcock.
