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Adriano o Grande Ourondo 1987 |
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I believe I can say my work lays primarily on fashion photography with the characteristic of featuring a lot more boobies and testicles. I’m moved by an insatiable voyeurism, going through everything in the action, from the smallest detail to the whole composition itself. I’m fascinated by the corporal and sexual expression and for exhibitionism without any fear or shame. I like my pictures to face the observer. My work is very sexual, with explicit nudity and exhibitionism, always laying on a concept. I really like to tease and criticize, not always using nudes for that purpose. I use then, a sharp humor and kitsch aesthetics as adornment to my photos. There is a strong sense of theatrics on my photos even though some of them are absolutely spontaneous; which is achieved through great complicity between the photographer and the models. I don’t shine on the conventional technique , for that is not what I seek, I value most of all the concept and the meaning of the photograph. My photographs are a filtered reality.
I grew up on a small village near the town of Covilhã - Portugal, and I’ve always loved to tease even in academic projects. It’s probably due to the fact that I grew up on a close-minded environment, lacking any artistic or sexual culture, that I feel this urge to liberate myself and I want others to leave their bashfulness aside while looking through my work. I’d like people to stop being impermeable and start being permeable, and I hope my work helps them achieving that goal.