Otto Stupakoff (São Paulo SP 1935 - idem 2009)
Otto Stupakoff was a photographer. He studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles (United States) between 1953 and 1955, a period in which he also worked as a correspondent for the magazine Manchete. After returning to Brazil, he set up a studio in Rio de Janeiro, devoting himself to advertising and fashion photography. In 1957, he moved to São Paulo, where, in 1963, he joined the Realismo Mágico [Magic Realism] art movement led by the painter Wesley Duke Lee. He emigrated to the United States in 1965, settling in New York, where he quickly built a solid professional reputation, becoming a contributor to prestigious fashion magazines and major advertising agencies.
Between 1973 and 1977, he lived in Paris, France. In 1977, he returned to Rio de Janeiro, where he remained until 1981, when he moved back to New York for good; he lived in the city and became an American citizen in 1986. He published the books Otto Stupakoff: Fotografias [Otto Stupakoff: Photographs] (1978), Art to Wear (USA, 1986) and The Colors of Fashion (USA, 1994).
Collections
Coleção Pirelli/Masp de Fotografias [Pirelli/Masp Photography Collection] - São Paulo SP
Museum of Modern Art - MoMA - New York (United States)
Solo Exhibitions
2005 - São Paulo SP - Moda Sem Fronteiras [Fashion Without Borders], at Fundação Bienal
Group Exhibitions
1956 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Oca
1957 - São Paulo SP - Fotografias e Colagens [Photographs and Collages], at Petite Galerie
1963 - New York (United States) - New York World Fair, Kodak Pavilion - silver and bronze medals
1964 - The Hague (Netherlands) - Group show, at the Municipal Museum
1964 - New York (United States) - 43rd Exhibition of the Art Directors Club of New York - Certificate of Merit
1964 - New York (United States) - Underground Gallery
1970 - New York (United States) - The Best of Harper's Bazaar, at Doubleday Gallery
1972 - New York (United States) - The Best of Harper's Bazaar, at Doubleday Gallery
1978 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Masp
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at MIS/RJ
1978 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Masp
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at MIS/RJ
1978 - São Paulo SP - Criança Brasileira [Brazilian Child], commissioned by Vasp
1978 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at Masp
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at MIS/RJ
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at MIS/RJ
1988 - São Paulo SP - 63/66 Figura e Objeto [63/66 Figure and Object], at Galeria Millan
1988/1989 - New York (United States) - New School, Parsons Faculty Retrospective
1982/1983 - New York (United States) - The Nude by Fashion Photographers, at Staley-Wise Gallery
1990 - Arles (France) - Images Professionnels
1991 - São Paulo SP - 1ª Coleção Pirelli/Masp de Fotografias [1st Pirelli/Masp Photography Collection], at Masp
1991 - Cologne (Germany) - Images Professionnels, at Photokina
1992 - New York (United States) - Staley-Wise Gallery
1994 - New York (United States) - Staley-Wise Gallery
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - A Imagem do Som de Caetano Veloso [The Image of the Sound of Caetano Veloso], at Paço Imperial
2005 - São Paulo SP - Coleções VI [Collections VI], at Galeria Luisa Strina
Source: Itaú Cultural
