Caju* presents an exhibition entitled Other Colours of Samba: Reflections of Contemporary Brasil to launch its activities in Europe, together with Think | Cattleya**, which is continuing in its successful path in promoting contemporary art. This show, held in Think | Cattleya open space in Milano, will feature the work of three Caju photographers: Daniel Kfouri, Julio Bittencourt and Gustavo Pellizzon.
The show collects the works of these three artists who offer their different styles of photography, highly representative of the Brazilian contemporary photography scene.
Daniel Kfouri tells us about the cult of sport and the body, lived with great spontaneity and freedom in a country with incredible natural resources; Julio Bittencourt composes beautiful stories about the Brazilian lower and raising middle class, using a witty and far from stereotype gaze; while Gustavo Pellizzon uses a classic reportage style to tell about the legends and myths of the country. The three Brazilian artists therefore offer a contemporary look on their country, producing images characterized by a personal perspective that collects the Brazilian spirit, without falling into stereotypes always associated with life in Brazil. To see Brazil the Brazilian way.
Daniel Kfouri
Daniel Kfouri was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1975. For almost six years in his youth, he tested his capacity of self-expression in several areas of visual communications, such as advertising and graphic design. On a month-vacation through Europe carrying a borrowed camera, Daniel finally discovered his passion for photography. Back home in Sao Paulo, by presenting his holidays images, Daniel was selected for a three-month workshop by FujiFilm House of Photography, after which he decided to become a professional photographer in the middle of 2002. Daniel worked for various magazines before he joined Folha de S. Paulo as a staff photographer. In 2006, Daniel focused on small and middle-term projects while doing sporadic assignments as freelance photographer for The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Getty Images.
In April 2012 he began working as Photo Editor at Brazilian ESPN Magazine, His awards include, 2nd POYi Latino America Sports Picture Story (2011); 3rd World Press Photo Sports Action Single (2010).
Daniel lives in São Paulo and is available for assignments.
Julio Bittencourt
Julio Bittencourt was born in Brazil in 1980. After living in New York for six years, Julio returned to Brazil in 2000 and started working at the newspaper Valor Economico in Sao Paulo as a photographer and assistant photo editor. Since 2006 Julio has been working as an independent photographer. Julio’s projects have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and his work published in magazines such as GEO, Stern, TIME, Le Monde, The Wall Street Journal, C Photo, The Guardian, The New Yorker, Esquire, French Photo, Los Angeles Times, and Leica World Magazine, among others. In 2008 he published his first book, “In a window of Prestes Maia 911 Building”, the culmination of a three year project featuring the residents of a squatted building in Sao Paulo. Julio’s work resides in several public and private collections. He has been awarded various prizes, such as Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia (Category Brazil, 2010), the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2007) the Aperture Portfolio Prize (2007) and the Fundação Conrado Wessel Prize (2006 and 2009) among others. His work is part of many important collections and has been exhibited worldwide.
Julio lives in São Paulo and is available for assignments.
Gustavo Pellizzon
Gustavo Pellizzon was born in São Paulo in 1981. After a degree in communication and a post grad in photography, in 2005 he started working for O Diário de Nordeste newspaper and between 2009 and 2011 he was a staff photographer of national newspaper O Globo, also working on multimedia personal projects . He has photographed for the United Nations, Le Monde,the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, 11Freunde, Power Magazine, Fashion Magazine, Serafina, the Roberto Marinho Foundation, among others. He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro where he is focusing on his personal work which spans from contemporary documentary projects to more conceptual series as well as freelancing for national and international media and clients. His work has been extensively exhibited around Brazil, and he has been awarded a POY South America (3rd prize sport stories, 2011), a Prix Pictet (shortlisted), a Premio Porto Seguro (contemporary issues, selected, 2008) among others. He is a versatile multi platform image maker, adding to still photography a great expertise in motion commercials for clients in Brazil.
Gustavo lives in Rio de Janeiro and is available for assignments.
*Caju is an independent agency representing a group of high-profile, cutting-edge Brazilian photographers, all aiming to give the World a different vision of Brazil.
**Think | Cattleya is the advertising branch of film and tv production company Cattleya, one of Italy’s most recognized networks in the industry, showing great awareness in employing artistic resources to the world of advertising and communication
Other Colours of Samba: Reflections of Contemporary Brasil
Daniel Kfouri, Julio Bittencourt and Gustavo Pellizzon / Caju
From March 14th to April 30th, 2013
Think | Cattleya
via Giordano Bruno 7
Milano
Italy
