“I started photographing eight years ago, when my daughter took me to my first photography class as a gift for my 60th birthday. I had no idea how to operate the camera
Brazilian photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno, who took the photo in her 60s, is now exhibiting as part of the 6th year of “Personal Structures”, a parallel event to the 59th Venice Biennale of Art. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s and 1960s and spent her childhood in Ipanema.
She returned in 2018 to the landscape of her childhood to create the series “Águas de Ouro (Golden Waters)” and her photos bring to mind the bittersweet nostalgia of the classic song by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes “The Girl from Ipanema” . On the occasion of her photo exhibition in Venice, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno gave a great interview to Digital Camera World.
“I started photographing eight years ago, when my daughter took me to my first photography class as a gift for my 60th birthday. I had no idea how to operate the camera and I was obviously the worst in the class but for some reason I do not really know I found it fascinating. It was a lot of fun. “I never thought of taking a photo, but something clicked on me and I loved it,” he confesses.
Regarding the light in which he prefers to photograph, he says that “I am attracted by the strong light and the bright colors. I like how the strong light and the intense contrast transform a scene and cover it with mystery, but I also appreciate the power of the intense colors and the immediacy with which emotions communicate “. “I also enjoy the light at sunset because of its soft golden tones and the long shadows it creates. In my album
“Águas de Ouro” for Ipanema, the golden light was the dominant visual element while in my new album, “Scarti di Tempo”, I played with reflections and colors to enhance the mystery and the atmosphere of the scene “he adds.
“For me, a photo is not good because of what is in the frame, but because of where it takes you. “I think this is one of the most beautiful things in photography: it brings to mind emotions and situations in a way that is unconscious and a little bit magical.” And for those who are taking to the streets for the first time to take a photo, there is only one tip: “Follow the light and do not be afraid to make mistakes.”
The photo exhibition of Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s two albums as part of the “Personal Structures” event ends on November 27 and the visit to her Instagram account gives us the opportunity to see the world through the lens of her camera.
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