Author: Antonio Mozeto

I'm an amateur photographer based in the city of São Carlos, São Paulo state, SE Brazil. I used to make photographs since I was about 15-17 years old. My first camera was a Olympus Trip, an analogue camera. Many years after that I switched to several digital cameras. Presently I own a Nikon D500 with a small set of lenses and a Fujifilm X100T 23mm. A few years after my retirement as an university professor, after teaching Environmental Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) for 45 years, I decided to invest money and time dedicating myself more seriously to photography. I´ve taken on-line courses as well as I´ve participated to various photography festival across Brazil. By far, my biggest interest is street photography. And in it, I'm interested in portraits, everyday street scenes and architecture.

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Street photography

Looking at the reflections, the distortions of light that freely penetrates the myriad of convex lenses of rainwater drops on the windshield of my car, I see a reality that transforms into a dreamlike and poetic world.

The distortion of reality and the explosion and the scattering of light and colors spread and materialize and, the streets and some of its passers-by, the buildings, the venacular constructions, the urban landscape as a whole merge, creating, without pity or mercy, the mystery of the life of this city and these people.

My intention in creating these images and the result they induce is pictorial, of construction of a narrative, but it is at the same time emotional, in the hope that these same feelings will sprout in the minds of those who appreciate them.

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photomontage, Street photography

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Looking at the reflections, the distortions of light that freely penetrates the myriad of convex lenses of rainwater drops on the windshield of my car, I see a reality that transforms into a dreamlike and poetic world.

The distortion of reality and the explosion of colors spread and materialize and, the streets and some of its passers-by, the buildings, venacular constructions, the urban landscape as a whole merge, creating, without pity or mercy, the mystery of the life of this city and of these people.

[affection]

Photography, portraits

[Affection was washed clothes, food on the table and unity against the storms. Resisting as a family was the greatest proof of goodwill]
(excerpt from the book ‘Salvar o fogo’ by Itamar Vieira Jr. Ed. Todavia. São Paulo, Brasil. 2023) (magnificent book!!!)
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(photo: rural worker, Descalvado SP 2018 from the book ‘Rurais’ Antonio Mozeto. Ed. Origin. São Paulo, Brasil. 2021)

INVITATION

Photography, portraits, rural workers

INVITATION

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I invite friends and interested parties in general to the opening session of my ninth photography exhibition called RURAIS, which is installed in the lobby of the Rectory of UFSCar (Rod. Washington Luis s/n, São Carlos-SP, Brazil) which will be held, at the same location, tomorrow, April 11, 2023, at 2:00 pm.

It will be a great pleasure to welcome you!

photo: rural worker on sugar cane plantations in the municipality of Descalvado (SP-Brazil)