Working in Progress
You'll se below photos of the incredibly talented Brazilian filmmakers Graciela Guarani and Ziel Karapotó while visiting London.
Here's a bit more about their work:
Graciela Guarani
Born in the Guarani Kaiowá nation, cultural producer, communicator, filmmaker, film curator and teacher. One of the indigenous women who pioneered original audiovisual productions. Instructor of the Indigenous Women and New Social Media - from Invisibility to Access to Rights (UN Women Brazil) course. Mediator in the workshop Occupy the Screen: Women, Earth and Movement (IMS and The Indian Museum, 2019). Member of the Women in Media and Film dialogue circle at the 70th Berlinale (2020).
FILMOGRAPHY [2020] My Blood Is Red [2019] Nossa Alma não Tem Cor [2019] Opará [2019] Mba`eicha Nhande Rekova`erã - Mensageiro do Futuro [2018] Tempo Circular [2016] Mãos de Barro
(source https://fimcine.com.br/en/diretora/6601-Graciela-Guarani)
Ziel Karapotó
Graduated in Visual Arts from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), multiartist, cultural producer, curator, performer and audiovisual producer. His trajectory is marked by productions and actions at the Art field with highlighted at national and international circuits such as, for example, his participation at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) with the artwork “Cardume II” (2024) and his short movie “O verbo de fez carne” (2019), awarded in movie festivals in and outside Brazil. He is native to the Karapotó community of Terra Nova, São Sebastião – AL, but today he lives at the Indigenous Reserve Marataro Kaetés, Igarassu – PE. He ‘s integrated the research groups “Ciência e Arte indígena no Nordeste” (CAIN-UFPE) and “Culturas de Antirracismo na América Latina” (CARLA- UFBA). Since 2021 he is the general coordinator of the Associação de Indígena em Contexto Urbano Karaxuwanassu (ASSICUKA). He believes in the art and science of his ancestors as a means of resistance and anticolonial strength.
(source: https://www.pipaprize.com/ziel-karapoto/)
I also was lucky to photograph Aislan Pankararu, who exhibited for the first time in 2020 through the hospital where he graduated as a doctor and has since created an internationally renowned career as artist.
He lives in São Paulo in Brazil, where his works can be seen in important institutions and art galleries.
Below you'll see photos I've taken of Aislan Pankarary at his London exhibition in the Brazil Embassy.
You will see below photos of Shalyce Lawrence-Bell, who's a producer and song writer. You can here her music Old Skool Love here. Shalyce lives in London and, besides being an artist, is one of the founders of The Topé Project, which aims to bring together care leavers for events, including a Christmas Day lunch, which create positive memories, inspire and promote more emotional support.
I'm available for commissions and collaborations. Just drop me a line, I'd love to hear from you!