Engagement and estrangement: conceptual documentary photography method translated to Brazilian urban reality

• Grant number: 14/05765-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Photography
• Principal Investigator: Mauricius Martins Farina
• Grantee: Mateus Souza Lobo Guzzo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/24738-1 - Engagement and estrangement: conceptual documentary photography method translated to Brazilian urban reality, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This research aims the systematical study of a Conceptual Documentary Photography method, apprehended throughout the exchange period to The Netherlands made possible by the Science Without Borders program, during the spring semester 2013. This method will be translated to the Brazilian context via practical application, producing a photographic series about everyday life in Campinas, located in the interior of São Paulo. In order to do that, a study about the life and work of the photographer Paul Graham will be made, main aesthetical reference to this framework. Interviews with the three main photographers of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague on the suggested method will be necessary.