I'm very pleased to announce my participation in Lapa, a celebration of Brazilian culture, focused on art, music and dance. Lapa is a chance to bring people together through power of art, music and dance ... Axé! Starting at 6:30pm on 11/22, the event will be hosted by art director/curator Anderson Zaca and curator/artist Agua NYC.
The event will feature my recent work A Flower in the Mouth: The Beauty and Burden of Carnaval in Pernambuco, Brazil, which is a book of photography and writing about the culture, music and rituals of Carnaval. I will be presenting my work and talking about my experience photographing this area and how I learned about the fascinating culture there. If you haven't had the chance to see the images, or learn about the book, come see it first-hand! Yes there will be a book signing!
Brazilian Culture
"A Flower in the Mouth" at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Images from my series A Flower in the Mouth were exhibited as part of the Cultural Exchange Pavillion - Casa do Brasil, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in the spring.
It's always been a dream of mine to be involved with Jazz Fest, and I wanted to share this experience with as many people as possible! I was at Jazz Fest both weekends, which was an incredible experience! Thank you to all who came by!
Also, I had the opportunity to speak at the panel "Portraits of Popular Culture in Brazil," on Saturday, May 3rd
This exhibition and opportunity was truly humbling and it was incredible to be surrounded by other like minded creatives. What a dream come true!
Jason Gardner at B&H
Last year, I spoke about publishing and crowd-funding to publish your own book, of course speaking about A Flower in the Mouth.
Thank you B&H for inviting me to speak!
Check out the full video below!