“Fight for street photography”
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“How a Brazilian hick photographer saw and felt New York city in 2017”. Continue reading “Fight for street photography”
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.
What does happiness mean to a photographer?
Most of my life I worked as a professor at the university. I was successful in this activity and I have always been very happy and fulfilled. But now that I’ve been practicing full-time photography in my new life cycle, what does happiness mean to me? Continue reading “What does happiness mean to a photographer?”
Black and white photography and me.
Black and white photos are for me the most perfect translation of simplistic photography. Continue reading “Black and white photography and me.”
Why and what is an ‘Environmental Portrait’?
Arnold Abner Newman (March 3rd/1918 – June 6th/2006) once said: “A portrait is a form of biography. Its purpose is to inform you now and to record for history.” Continue reading “Why and what is an ‘Environmental Portrait’?”
Is it possible to live without photography?
I feel that photography is, above all, a state of the soul. Continue reading “Is it possible to live without photography?”
Photography is a state of the soul
A central thought about my photography: try not to portray things, objects, life in general, as they are in real life, but rather as you feel them. Continue reading “Photography is a state of the soul”
In praise of becoming a better person
The more I read about this subject, the more I feel convinced that the photographs I make are primarily meant to make me happier and a better person, not a better photographer. Continue reading “In praise of becoming a better person”
In praise of diptychs, triptychs, polyptychs.
When in doubt, press the shutter button of your camera 2, 3 … 5 times more and feel happy about it. For me, street photography is the soul of photography. Continue reading “In praise of diptychs, triptychs, polyptychs.”
Life near the sea
I feel that the days that I live near the sea transmit to me emotions that transcend to the common place, of my days in the routine of home and work. Continue reading “Life near the sea”
Photographer’s Day
Congratulations to all of you, photographers, men and women, professionals or, amateurs, on Photographer’s Day … Continue reading “Photographer’s Day”
Life is ephemeral
A poem by Mário Quintana (Brazilian poet; 1906-1994). Continue reading “Life is ephemeral”
Architecture
“Architecture is the art of building, it’s a commitment to the volumes, the colors, the spaces. So I think the architecture is the most complete of the arts.” Ruy Ohtake, a great architect from São Paulo, Brazil (Canal Arte 1, from the Brazilian Architects series).
“The basis of architecture is invention.” Oscar Niemeyer, one of the greatest Brazilian and world architects who has several works in Brazil and in several countries. Continue reading “Architecture”
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