Showing posts with label Travel portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel portrait. Show all posts

Tuesday 18 December 2007

Angelica Juarez, Guanajuato, Mexico

Angelica inside Diego Rivera's childhood home, Guanajuato, Mexico

Angelica was one of the many blessings I experienced while creating a photo essay of San Miguel 
d' Allende. She manages her father's transportation company which arranges cars, van, buses or anything else you may need to travel in Mexico. She was my trusted and very capable guide.
This portrait was made while visiting the house where Diego Riviera was born in the beautiful town of Guanajuato. Angelica delivered a breathtaking reading from a wall mounted facsimile of Frida's famous 'retrato', a testament to her love for Diego. During the hush that followed, Anjelica turned to face me while I made this photograph. I will always remember her humble manner and natural beauty.

Thursday 22 March 2007

Maracatu dancer during Carnaval in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Maracatu dancer during Carnaval in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil
During Carnaval I was asked to photograph a Maracatu musical group in Olinda, which is near Recife in the Northeast of Brazil. Maracatu's rhythmic sound is driven by a powerful percussion section and this is one of their dancers photographed at dusk. I used a 50mm lens wide open with tri x film and floated beside her to make this image.
She had an aura of sensuous majesty that I will never forget. Like the beloved Yemanja.

Sunday 18 March 2007

Roberto Griot and Sons - Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

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Roberto Griot and Sons - Salvador da Bahia, Brazil  - photo by Michael O'Brien


While working on an image series about people in the Pelourinho district of Salvador, I was fortunate to meet painter Roberto Griot. He has a studio on one of the main streets near Ignacio Assioli street; the heart of old Bahia. On the lower floor was his gallery and upstairs ( where this image was made ) he kept his studio. When his children ran through the room one more time I asked if we could make a picture together and he agreed. While we did this he looked at them lovingly saying that these two were his favourite creations.