“Images essential freedom – The lens Alcir Silva”

The exhibition “Images essential freedom – The lens Alcir Silva” is a small collection of the work of photojournalist Brazilian living in New York.

In everyday stroll through the great city Alcir busted the spontaneous society the enjoyment of urban space. Portrays the feeling of belonging to photographer and characters nourish the city.

Over more than 30 years of photojournalism, Alcir records protagonists on the big stage of the global dialogue, the UN headquarters in New York. Icons of the worldwide movement for freedom are captured by the camera Alcir. This show brings Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and Gilberto Gil ponteando their work.

A selection of images to Freedom House shows a cutout of his experience in perpetuating the immediacy of the scene. More than that. The talent Alcir Silva makes the character of narrative, raw task well informed, is enriched by the constant evocation of aesthetic sense. True junction between journalism and art.

About the photographer
Alcir Navarro da Silva was born in Rio de Janeiro and moved to New York in the early ’80s. Studied photography at the famous Parsons School of Design, one of the main centers of the Art & Design world.

He began his career photographing for book covers of American publishers, but soon began to collaborate with Brazilian vehicles as “headline”, “This is it”, “season”, “Bravo”, “exam”, “Faces”, “Journal Brazil, “” The Globe “,” State of S. Paul “,” Folha de S. Paul “, etc.. Currently, part of the team of the magazine “Look”.

His experience includes as a foreign correspondent reporting from Israel, Cuba, France, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Germany, Spain, among other countries.

In 2001, the window of her room, caught the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. One of his photos on the attack gained prominence in the international press. In Brazil, it was This is the cover of the magazine.

The work Alcir is included in the book series “Best Photos of the Year,” published by “Folha de S. Paul “and the” Journal of Contemporary Photography. ” Also comprises the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) of São Paulo.