“The bad artists imitate,...

...the great artists steal.”

Pablo Picasso and Banksy

"'the great artist' or 'the insider picture'", brasil, 2010

"Let the subject generate its own photographs. ...

... Become a camera."

Minor White


"zenit meets leica", brasil, 2009/2010

"I am a perfectionist. ...

...When I take a picture...it's gotta be good."

Weegee


"the face of color", germany/brasil, 2005/2010

"A film is never really good...

...unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet."
Orson Welles


"camera eyes", brasil, 2010

"I want to question the images that are in our memory. ...

...There is always a double level in my work; what you see is true and at the same time not true."

Carl De Keyzer


"slow silence reloaded", brasil, 2010

Fly away!

Today I took my business jet and flew to Brusque (SC) and New York (NY).



Okay it's just a joke. I was only in one of them. Of course I've taken some pics of the usual suspects, like the Statue of Liberty;)




But later I was in the statuary park and shot some pics:






















In the afternoon I was in the zoo, but the pics aren't really good.

Nikon+Canon!

The lovesong for all Nikon Girls and Canon Boys!

"I am not interested in shooting new things...

...- I am interested to see things new."

Ernst Haas


"innocent red, germany, 2005/2008

Do you like photos like this? :

REALLY REALLY???

OK, go to flickr, fotocommunity or someone else, but don't join MIND JACKER, because MIND JACKER makes pictures like this:

"zé pequeno", brasil, 2009

"Adobe Photoshop did a much better job...

...than my darkroom in expressing everything that naturally occured in the original negative. Especially in bringing out the subtle colors and details of the photograph. Photoshop also eliminates the anxiety and frustration of the darkroom. It's actually fun. And I think that's an important and overlooked characteristic. Photoshop lets me explore options in a natural and intuitive fashion with exacting results."

Joel Meyerowitz


"structure 2.0 1+2", brasil, 2009

LIVE THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY!

"ver com cliente" ("watch with client"), brasil, 2009

Today in my garden.

"baby-doll eyes 1-5", brasil, 2009

Like A Rolling Stone!

The following collage is inspired by J.W. Goethe's novel "Iphigenie auf Tauris", Bob Dylan's song "Like A Rolling Stone" and the chinese kung fu movie "Swordsman".


"wir trotzen der unterwelt", brasil, 2009

"Macht Kaputt Was Euch Kaputt Mach"

"Radios laufen, Platten laufen,
Filme laufen, TV's laufen,
Autos kaufen,Häuser kaufen,
Möbel kaufen, Reisen kaufen
- Wofür?

Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!

Züge rollen, Dollars rollen,
Maschinen laufen, Menschen schuften,
Fabriken bauen, Maschinen bauen,
Motoren bauen, Kanonen bauen.
- Für wen?

Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!

Bomber fliegen, Panzer rollen,
Polizisten schlagen, Soldaten fallen,
Die Chefs schützen, Die Aktien schützen,
Das Recht schützen, Den Staat schützen
Vor uns!

Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!"


song by Ton Steine Scherben.


"pola police polka", brasil, 2007 (photos: berlin, germany, 2003/2004)

I saw nothing.

"without a view", brasil, 2008/2009

mirante = portuguese for viewpoint

Serie "Rechteck" - Series "Rectangle"

"Nr.1", brasil, 2008

"Nr.2", brasil, 2008

The layers of "Nr.1" and "Nr.2" are two cartons for pocket-films (110):

Triptychon "panorama", brasil, 2008

"aus_schnitt", brasil, 2008

"am anfang war die 12", brasil, 2008

what you need: some photo prints (b/w and color - 10x15cm or smaller or larger), a camera, a scissors, a scalpel, a glue stick, a scotch tape, a pen and different cardboards.
that's all.