Marcela Cavalcante
by Marcela Cavalcante from São Paulo, Brazil
Most people have looked through the window during the pandemic looking for the daily routine they were forced to interrupt. Where I live, on the tenth floor, facing another building and with safety nets on all the windows, I can't see much of the outside world. I decided to change the perspective, I went looking for myself. Many times, I undid my own self. I tore myself to pieces to see the whole picture. I slowed down, kept quiet. I asked myself questions, I heard them. I understood that even when everything seems frozen in time, there is still movement. It is subtle and smooth, almost like a slow dance. And this melody marks the rhythm of my days.
SELF-PORTRAITS: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CONFINEMENT
Curated by Svetlana Bachevanova (USA/France)
A collection of self-portraits made by photojournalists from five continents during the unprecedent lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic.
Photographers are people on the road, living to document the lives of others.
Constrained by the lockdown, many of them had their first experience of being still long enough to begin seeing and understanding small details about who they are, their lifestyles and values, that were overshadowed while they were busy. These self-portraits express their experience.
This is a unique collection of self-portraits from some of the best lenses in photojournalism at an historic moment.
Photographers in Confinement is a project in process and I welcome additional submissions from photojournalists at svetlana@fotoevidence.com
I am looking for potential exhibition partners in the USA and abroad.
Svetlana Bachevanova is a founder and publisher of FotoEvidence, long time photojournalist and curator.
