Photographer raised and well-known in the underground scene, Henrique Madeira highlights as one of the followers of lightpainting in Rio de Janeiro. It's light, camera and action!!!
A mystic character in the carioca underground scene and a old school photographer, Henrique Madeira shows up as one of the main references over an artistic proposal, that until some time ago, was not very well explored in Rio, and as consequence didn't get too much attention. Lightpainting, a photography technique created from the relation between the light and the shutter speed. "Lightpainting allows you to paint without leaving traces and with unrealistic images, like painting a boat on the concrete, a fish jumping out of a glass and the simple writing. During the photograph processing time, you can make those draws with flashlights, cell phone, a lighter, any source of light really", explains the expert.
Despite being a novelty in Rio, this tecnique was already used, even by acciddent, since 1914, when Frank Gilbreth and his wife Lilian Moller Gilbreth left the camera with the obturator opened to accompany the movement of production of workers. In this case, as Gilbreth was more interested in collecting data for his study about the "Simplification of work", the use of the technique was not explored from the artistic point of view. The first artist to use the light-painting as art was Man Ray, who considered himself a painter and very well known for its "avant-garde" pictures. In 1935, with the series "Writing Space", he introduced the technique for the first time as art. Here in Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Madeira started playing with this, only in 2008, using a Powershot. But, in 2010, its light was already being used professionally.
Despite being a novelty in Rio, this tecnique was already used, even by acciddent, since 1914, when Frank Gilbreth and his wife Lilian Moller Gilbreth left the camera with the obturator opened to accompany the movement of production of workers. In this case, as Gilbreth was more interested in collecting data for his study about the "Simplification of work", the use of the technique was not explored from the artistic point of view. The first artist to use the light-painting as art was Man Ray, who considered himself a painter and very well known for its "avant-garde" pictures. In 1935, with the series "Writing Space", he introduced the technique for the first time as art. Here in Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Madeira started playing with this, only in 2008, using a Powershot. But, in 2010, its light was already being used professionally.
The photographer Fabrice Wittner (author of the above picture) recently put the light-painting in evidence with its series "Enlighted Souls", which bring almost real images of children and homeless in Vietnam and New Zealand. With the technique of light stencil, Wittner "painted stencils of enlighten characters to remind about the losses and show the spirit of a city destroyed", since Christchurch has recently been destroyed by an earthquake. Another reference in the matter, it's the french Marko 93, who also is getting a lot of attention for its curious mix of lightpainting and video. As for the carioca, from Campo Grande in Lisbon, Henrique Madeira seeks the originality through its connection with city. “I try all possible formats, mix different influences and I use the sights to complete the content. I'm in love with photography and all its possibilities, Rio is indeed one of the most beautiful places to shoot. I think I mix those elements right", details the photographer.
Under direct influence of street art culture, the light-paint of Henrique drinks from the same fountain, and for that reason presents a strong relation with graffiti, its technique can be considered a species of paint without limits and drops of paint. Beyond having introduced the light-paint in a series of events and parties, Henrique Madeira pretends to use the light-paint with a more commercial insight (in albums) and also as some artistic projects on its final stage (actually looking for sponsors at the moment). However, the golden child, as he personally describes, it's the project that soon will take several workshops to children who are being treated at the Cancer Hospital. According to the photographer, the idea is to expand the use of the technique and use light-painting to extend horizons. In this case, it's light, camera, action and lot of conscious. Check out more about Henrique Madeira in its own BLOG.
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