Pedro de Moraes (Rio de Janeiro RJ 1942)
Photographer.
Self-taught, Pedro de Mello Moraes began his career as a photographer for Manchete magazine in Rio de Janeiro in 1957. From the 1960s onward, he also devoted himself to cinema, directing the film O Homem e a Profissão [Man and Profession] in 1965 and working as director of photography for major filmmakers such as Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Guerra Conjugal, 1975, and Aleijadinho, 1978), Glauber Rocha (A Idade da Terra, 1979), Antonio Carlos Fontoura (Wanda Pimentel, 1973, and Arquitetura de Morar, 1974) and Gustavo Dahl (Em Busca do Ouro, 1965). With his father, the poet Vinicius de Moraes, he produced the book O Mergulhador [The Diver] (1982); with the poet Cacaso, Mar Mineiro (1982); and with the historian Daniel Aarão Reis, 68 - A Paixão de uma Utopia [68 - The Passion of a Utopia] (1988); he also published an interesting book of his personal work: Vi-vendo (1976).
Solo Exhibitions
1986 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition of photographs from the book Vivendo, at Galeria Paulo Bittencourt
1989 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition of photographs from the book O Mergulhador, at CCBB
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Espaço Severino Livraria Argumento
Group Exhibitions
1962 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Petite Galerie
1968 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Petite Galerie
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Os Brasileiros [The Brazilians], at Clube Maribás
1982 - São Paulo SP - Os Brasileiros [The Brazilians], at Galeria Rastro
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - O Tempo do Olhar [The Time of the Gaze], at MEC
1984 - Fortaleza CE - 7th National Visual Arts Salon
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 7th National Visual Arts Salon, at MAM/RJ
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Como Vive o Povo Brasileiro [How the Brazilian People Live], at Instituto de Ação Comunitária Tristão de Athayde
1986 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Centre International d'Art Contemporain
1986 - Paris (France) - Viver no Brasil e Uma Pequena Homenagem a Paris [Living in Brazil and a Small Tribute to Paris], at Restaurante e Galeria Vol de Nuit
1990 - Italy - Voglia di Libertà, with Zeca Linhares, on the Brazilian presidential elections
1991 - Turin (Italy) - 4th Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia
1995 - Rome (Italy) - Saudades do Brasil, at Galeria Cândido Portinari, Embassy of Brazil
2000 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 2ª Farra da Foto: um carnaval de imagens [2nd Photo Spree: A Carnival of Images], at Museu do Telefone
2001 - São Paulo SP - 10th Pirelli/Masp Photography Collection, at Masp
Source: Itaú Cultural
