honorable mention
Gabriel Bonfim brazilPhoto © Gabriel Bonfim
title
Sunset Girl
Many agencies in Brazil make money just by convincing people to pay a photobook with promisses and promisses of work. But Luana barely had money to have a third pair of shoes, or a proper wardrobe in her house; she was used to put everything she had inside a basket until few weeks ago.
At the moment of the photoshoot Luana was walking disapointed on her way back home for not feeling herself pretty enough to the model agencies demands, when I asked for authorization to click her because I was waiting for my team to photograph another person, but I wouldn't like to miss the chance of that last sunset light with that stunning girl.
Her picture from 2017 have been shown since early 2018 in 3 museums and a TV show named Hora do Faro figured out how simple Luana is and how the girl who built up her own one room house with her own hands could have a contract with a model agency just because of a single picture taken in a late afternoon full of uncertainties.
Gabriel’s recent projects include ‘Warm Americas’, which he began in 2012. The first part takes place in New York, with the fitness group Bar-Barians and a specially selected group of dancers from a wide variety of international backgrounds (yet all American citizens). The second part of ‘Warm Americas’ takes place in Rio, mixing – as usual – unknown people, professional models and also Brazilian celebrities such as Alessandra Maestrini and Cauby Peixoto.
In October 2016 Gabriel Bonfim had the opportunity to present his Tactography™ for the very first time to a wide viewing public, at São Paulo’s prestigious Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS), an institution of the Cultural Secretariat of the Government of the State of São Paulo (Secretaria da Cultura, Governo do Estado São Paulo). The exhibition featured a 12-part Tactography™ portrait series of well-known tenor Andrea Bocelli, as well as a 9-part portrait series of young ballet dancer Denis Vieira and a small selection of photographic portraits in colour and black & white.
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entry description
Luana is a girl from Salvador, Bahia.Many agencies in Brazil make money just by convincing people to pay a photobook with promisses and promisses of work. But Luana barely had money to have a third pair of shoes, or a proper wardrobe in her house; she was used to put everything she had inside a basket until few weeks ago.
At the moment of the photoshoot Luana was walking disapointed on her way back home for not feeling herself pretty enough to the model agencies demands, when I asked for authorization to click her because I was waiting for my team to photograph another person, but I wouldn't like to miss the chance of that last sunset light with that stunning girl.
Her picture from 2017 have been shown since early 2018 in 3 museums and a TV show named Hora do Faro figured out how simple Luana is and how the girl who built up her own one room house with her own hands could have a contract with a model agency just because of a single picture taken in a late afternoon full of uncertainties.
about the photographer
Photographer Gabriel Bonfim has always had a deep connection to the arts. By the age of 20, whilst visiting Italy, Holland, Germany and Belgium, he achieved his goal of showing his work internationally. In Brussels, he was offered the position of Vice President of the Europe Top Model contest and created the Visage de Bruxelles editorial. As a result of his work in Europe, when he returned to Brazil he was asked to do his first major photo shoot for the magazine ACAPA.Gabriel’s recent projects include ‘Warm Americas’, which he began in 2012. The first part takes place in New York, with the fitness group Bar-Barians and a specially selected group of dancers from a wide variety of international backgrounds (yet all American citizens). The second part of ‘Warm Americas’ takes place in Rio, mixing – as usual – unknown people, professional models and also Brazilian celebrities such as Alessandra Maestrini and Cauby Peixoto.
In October 2016 Gabriel Bonfim had the opportunity to present his Tactography™ for the very first time to a wide viewing public, at São Paulo’s prestigious Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS), an institution of the Cultural Secretariat of the Government of the State of São Paulo (Secretaria da Cultura, Governo do Estado São Paulo). The exhibition featured a 12-part Tactography™ portrait series of well-known tenor Andrea Bocelli, as well as a 9-part portrait series of young ballet dancer Denis Vieira and a small selection of photographic portraits in colour and black & white.
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