O mundo em si: o moderno e o contemporâneo na fotografia de Chico Albuquerque e Gentil Barreira

Abstract

The works of photographers Chico Albuquerque and Gentil Barreira have achieved prominent place in the history of Brazilian and Cearense photography along the last decades. Their images have been presented in individual and important group exhibitions, won awards in national and international competitions, taken part in art salons and been published on a wide range of publications. From the interpretation of a framework of their productions, considering the period when Chico Albuquerque engaged in Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante in São Paulo city (from 1940 to 1960) and Gentil Barreira’s participations in Salão de Abril in Fortaleza (between 1970 and 2010), we question: in which context these authors’ experiences come into evidence? Is it possible to identify the predominance of a language, a style or an aesthetic in their works? Can these be perceived as modern and contemporary expressions? With this motivation, we developed this study based on researches through literature and digital media, documents and interviews taken with the authors and on the analysis of the pictures that were presented to public with the purpose of investigating how these works approximate or take distance from the modern and contemporary phenomena in history of photography.