Although she is highly regarded in the field of photography in Brazil, Gertrudes Altschul’s work is still known only within specialized circles, having been scarcely published or exhibited.
Of Jewish origin, the artist emigrated in 1939 from her hometown, Berlin, to Brazil with her husband, fleeing the Nazi regime. She settled in São Paulo, where she divided her time between photography and producing flowers for hats in a factory run by the couple. Gertrudes Altschul was one of the few women to be part of the famous Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante (FCCB) in São Paulo, an important group that brought together photographers aligned with modernist photography in Brazil. Her work seeks to break with the classical principles of photographic composition through geometric, abstract, and figurative constructions, and to experiment with light, shadows, lines, rhythms, planes, as well as the processes of developing and printing photographs.
Published by MASP, 2021
21.5 cm 28.5 cm, 224 pages, in good condition
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Although she is highly regarded in the field of photography in Brazil, Gertrudes Altschul’s work is still known only within specialized circles, having been scarcely published or exhibited.
Of Jewish origin, the artist emigrated in 1939 from her hometown, Berlin, to Brazil with her husband, fleeing the Nazi regime. She settled in São Paulo, where she divided her time between photography and producing flowers for hats in a factory run by the couple. Gertrudes Altschul was one of the few women to be part of the famous Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante (FCCB) in São Paulo, an important group that brought together photographers aligned with modernist photography in Brazil. Her work seeks to break with the classical principles of photographic composition through geometric, abstract, and figurative constructions, and to experiment with light, shadows, lines, rhythms, planes, as well as the processes of developing and printing photographs.
Published by MASP, 2021
21.5 cm 28.5 cm, 224 pages, in good condition
ISBN
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