In her latest monograph, SANDRA CATTANEO ADORNO explores the unique character of Rio de Janeiro through images that combine moments of street photography with abstract, lyrical compositions. Adorno’s photographs emphasize the human body which, isolated and transformed by the strong golden light, contrasts against the natural beauty of Rio’s beaches and acquires a symbolic dimension. As a result, Adorno’s beguiling images not only capture people and moments with visual maturity and acuity, but also evoke something quintessential about the city, something a little darker: the bittersweet yearning that Brazilians call saudade, which hints at other levels of reality, the invisible ones of poetry and magic.
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Photographer | Sandra Cattaneo Adorno |
PUBLISHER | Radius Books |
Crowded beaches, people laughing, skin against skin – scenes we will all hopefully soon experience again live. Photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno presents the beauty of Rio’s Ipanema beach with breathtaking light atmospheres in her wonderful book ‘Águas de Ouro’ (publisher: Radius Books).
“In her latest monograph, SANDRA CATTANEO ADORNO explores the unique character of Rio de Janeiro through images that combine moments of street photography...