Celso Brandão (born 1951 in
Maceio,
Alagoas
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,
Brazil
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) is a
photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographe ...
who also directed a few documentaries. He can always be found at his headquarters in Carababa Beac
just a few minutes from the city center. Some of his work belong the
Pirelli Collection of 1996
[ Coleção Pirelli]
Biography of Celso Brandão
. Retrieved November 29, 2007. He has also received several awards at the Festival do Cinema Brasileiro de Penedo in the years 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1980. At the moment his is back doing a few documentaries and teaching photography at
Federal University of Alagoas
Located in the city of Maceió, the Federal University of Alagoas ( pt, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, UFAL or Ufal) is the major university in coastal state Alagoas and one of the main research centers in Brazilian north eastern region (one o ...
.
Filmography
* Filé de Pombal da Barra - 1977 10' Super8
* Mandioca da terra à mesa. 1977 10'
* Benedito: o santeiro. - 1985 24'
* Dede Mamata - 1988
* Ponto das Ervas. 11'
* A Singeleza da Singeleza. 4'
* A casa de santo - 1986 13'
* Memória da vida e do trabalho (1ª Mostra Internacional do Filme Etnográfico)
* Chão de casa - 1982 (1ª Mostra Internacional do Filme Etnográfico)
* Mestra Hilda
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* O Lambe-Sola - Celso Brandão's views on the popular poet Antonio Aurélio de Morais
Photography
* Nucleo de estudos afro-brasileiros - UFA
* KARIR
* 1993 – Fotografia Brasileira Contemporânea: anos 70 a 80, 1º Mês Internacional da Fotografia, Sesc Pompéia,
São Paulo
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* 1993 – Argueiro, um Cisco no Olho, Galeria Fotoptica,
São Paulo
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* 2002 – Canudos, Instituto Moreira Salles,
Rio de Janeiro
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* 2001 - Semana do Indio -
FUNAI
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* 2007 - Art pictures for Tania Pedros
* 2007 - Exposição de fotografias Acenda uma Vela
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Brazilian photographers
Brazilian film directors
People from Maceió