Introduction to Street Photography
Presentation
A course by Gustavo Minas , Photographer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this class, I will talk about my “philosophy” in relation to street photography and my motivations when shooting. I'll tell you about my photographic production routine. I will also present some photos from different periods and essays (which we will return to in more depth in another unit).”
In this video lesson Gustavo Minas addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Street Photography. Learn how to create visual narratives out of everyday life and make an urban photoshoot.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi, I'm Gustavo Minas, I'm a street photographer. In this first class, I'm going to talk about who I am, how I started in Photography and what it represents to me today. I've always been interested. When I was a child, my father had a collection called Nations of the World. I didn't know how to read, but I liked to browse the books and seeing pictures from all over the world. When I was in high school, I bought a camera and he liked to photograph the group's barbecues. In 2000 I went to do Journalism at the State University of Londrina. My father who was a dentist had won a cam...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Street Photography
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Documentary Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography

Gustavo Minas
A course by Gustavo Minas
Gustavo Minas was born in Cássia, a small town in the interior of Minas Gerais in 1981. He graduated in Journalism at the State University of Londrina, studied language and history of photography with Carlos Moreira in São Paulo and, since 2009, has been photographing the daily life of the cities he visits.
He currently works as a freelance journalist and photographer in Brasilia and teaches workshops in Brazil and abroad. In 2017, his series 'Rodoviária' won the Picture of the Year LATAM award in the category "The Future of Cities" and in 2019 he launched his first book "Maximum Shadow Minimal Light" in Hamburg.
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