Guy Veloso (born 1969) is a Brazilian

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Biography

Guy Benchimol de Veloso was born and works in

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

in the State of

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, a city of 1.5 million inhabitants in the

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. A Law graduate by

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, he has been a photographer since 1989, with several international publications to his credit. All his projects are made with analog equipment. Invited by the curators ''Agnaldo Farias'' and ''Moacir dos Anjos'', the latest project of Guy Veloso, ''The Penitents: Rituals of blood to the fascination of the world’s end'', attended the 29th

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(2010).

Career

His work is part of the ''

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Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA)'',

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(

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), ''Portuguese Center of Photography'' in

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(

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), ''MASP -

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'' (

), '' Museum Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro'' and '' Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo'' (

In 2005 started his career as curator. In the same year he launched the book ''Photography in Brazil: A Look from the Origins to the Contemporary'' by ''Angela Magalhães'' e ''Nadja Peregrino''. In 2007 he exhibited individually at the company where the lenses and machines he uses are made, Leica, in Solms -

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. In 2011 he was Chief-curator of the Brazilian Contemporary Photography Section in the ''XXIII Bienal Europalia Arts Festival'' in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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. In 2012 took part of the book "150 Years of Photography in Brazil" by ''Boris Kossoy'' and ''Lilia Schwarcz''.

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