Public Story
River of Men/ Rio de Homens
As I say in the intro of the book:
"I discovered the photographer Alair Gomes and understood that the Man of the Beach has been an object of desire for a long time. However, I wanted to embellish this voyeuristic vision of the men with surreal elements, such as birds and the animal or flower heads. With the manipulated photography I leave the idea of a Beauty that disappears in the sea or in the forest, like the idea of Masculinity, an idea that changes with the times as a cultural construction."
Alair Gomes is a famous photographer who has a voyeuristic approach in his photography, using telephoto lens. I recommend you to check his body of work on the internet.
Finally this year I decided to materialize a hundred of pictures in a book. I found a designer that made the layout as I had in my head, a very simple approach for an elaborated corp of images.
I designed the cover and the back-cover of the book, having in mind the representation of the main subject of my work: Men and surrealism, capoeira, Carnaval, surf and the omnipresent sea.
The technical details of the final product are:
62 pages
20 x 20 cm., closed
Front cover Papel Duo Design paper 250g/m²
Inner pages in Glossy Couche paper 150g/m²
Front cover with matt finish lamination
Hot-melt binding
Luckily, I found an excellent printer in São Paulo who was able to recreate perfectly the idea of the book I had in my head.
Check the book trailer:
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