MARCUS PRADO
About Me
Professional journalist, specialized in Culture, Historical Heritage, and Photography. Co-editor of the Literary Supplement of *Diário de Pernambuco* and literary columnist (1962–1998), he is currently a contributing writer for the newspaper. Among the honors he has received, one of the most notable is the award granted by the President of the Republic of Portugal, Mário Soares — the Medal and Diploma of Cultural Merit. He was a finalist in the 48th edition of the Jabuti Prize, in the Photography category, with the book/album *Tropical Flowers*, published by Embrapa/Brasília (2005). He has held solo exhibitions at the University of Clermont-Ferrand (France), Galeria Contigo (São Paulo), Museum of Contemporary Art (Olinda), Portuguese Reading Room (Recife), and the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Recife).
Photographic Manifesto
IN PHOTOGRAPHY, I desire to maintain the illusory character of the image through fragments, not the representation of reality.
I DRAW INSPIRATION FROM KAFKA, Marcel Proust, Charles Baudelaire, Machado de Assis, Euclides da Cunha (who perhaps never photographed), for whom detail was fundamental. I refer not to the so-called 'morbid details' that permeate certain literary works, but to inspirations of other creative essences and images unseen before me.
MY LANDSCAPE WILL NOT BE A POSTCARD, it will be easily identified by its angles, by my intimate way of looking and seeing, by the tonality of colors, in search of a style uniquely my own.
I SEEK TO GIVE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ACT the ritualistic importance of a work of art and its subjective possibilities.
I STAND BY MY work philosophy when it comes to exclusivity. In dealings with collectors and Art Galleries, I certify that my photography is unique, there is no copy, it is unrepeatable.
Marcus Prado
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