Fotografia em Debate - Fotografia de Casamento

Em Fortaleza, na Livraria Cultura, 22 de fevereiro de 2011.
Palestrantes: Janine Mapurunga e Paulo Figueiredo.

Fotografias de Nilo Saraiva.

Materia sobre Fotografia em Debate no Diário do Nordeste

O Jornal Diário do Nordeste publicou hoje uma super materia, capa do Caderno 3, sobre a fotografia de casamento no Ceará e a palestra desta noite na Livraria Cultura.

Aqui está o link que conecta diretamente ao site do jornal.

Fotografia em Debate na Livraria Cultura em Fortaleza

Informações sobre a palestra de amanhã foram publicadas no blog de noivas do jornal O Povo.

Click aqui para ver.

Eu e o fotógrafo cearense Paulo Figueiredo fomos convidados para participar neste evento, que será as 19hrs amanhã, dia 22 de fevereiro. Estamos animados!

Mapurunga Photography em Fortaleza

 

Saudações gente bonita do Ceará!

Estou feliz de informar que estou aqui nessa terra tão bonita! Depois de 14 anos morando entre Califórnia, Itália, Sri Lanka e Espanha, estou deixando marcas por aqui mesmo, no nosso quintal! Que bom estar de volta e sentir tanto carinho e atenção!

Tenho sido recebida muito bem, inclusive pelo Mandacaru Foto Clube, que me convidou a participar de um debate sobre fotografia de casamentos, que será esta próxima terça-feira, dia 22 de fevereiro na Livraria Cultura em Fortaleza, ás 19hrs. Estará também presente o fotógrafo cearense Paulo Figueiredo.

 

Siga este link para ver o trabalho do Paulo.

E este para mais informacões sobre a Livraria Cultura.

Engenho do Seu Zepa, Viçosa do Ceará • Brasil

These are some images from a project I have been working since 2003 in my homegrounds in the mountains of northeastern Brasil. Here are images from one of the last family owned engenhos left in the state. Engenhos date back to the times of Portuguese colonization. Back then they were worked by enslaved Africans. This particular engenho is three-generations old. They treat the yucca to make two types of flour and the sugar cane to make rapadura - a fundamental element in the local cuisine.

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my grandmother • a minha avó

the big 79, part IV: the presents • os presentes

My great grandmother used to display all her birthday presents on her bed every year and ask that her photo be made sitting beside them. My grandmother was too busy caring for her 150 guests to think about being in this photo.

the big 79, part III: the cake • o bolo

my grandmother's house • a casa de minha avó

My mother, her sister, and guess who that is up there hanging on the wall?

the big 79, part II: a comida

the big 79

As she turns 79 years-old, my granmother would not have it any other way. The most logical things to do in such an occasion is certainly to have a party for 150 people. That's how she rolls. The small town of Viçosa do Ceará showed came in full force. Besides the Mapurunga family, there were the town priest, the mayor, the past mayor (of a different political party - it is remarkable they would be seen in the same place), and so many other people I lost track.

my grandmother's house • a casa de minha avó

Only once a year or so do I have the pleasure to being in the company of my family. While some people may dred hanging with their own folk, I surely take great joy in it, especially being in the company of my grandmother, the matriarch of our large large large Mapurunga family. Dona Ritinha, my grandmother, had eighteen brothers and sisters. Her mother is 102 years old.

Dona Ritinha lives in Viçosa do Ceará, what I consider to be my birth grounds because she raised me when I was still a baby. Her home is a sanctuary to me and to so many others to whom she has been opening her doors for the past 40 years. You see, her home is a well-known pousada, that is, a quaint, no frills, bed and breakfast in the mountains of Ibiapaba, about five hours from the capital Fortaleza.

Lucky are the ones who have the chance to meet her and stay at her home, the Sayonara Hotel, of all names. I have asked her many times throughout my life what this name means, and she still doesn't know. I think it should be left like that.

Ceará, inland and coast • Ceará, interior e costa

Praia de Mundaú
Uruburetama
On the road between somewhere and another, heading in the direction of Fortaleza

Delta do Parnaíba, Piauí • Brasil

Delta do Parnaíba, Piauí • Brasil

tourism in the Delta do Parnaíba, Piauí • Brasil

Delta do Parnaíba, Piauí • Brasil

The Delta do Parnaíba is the only delta in the Americas to flow into open ocean waters. It is more then 1.500 km long and encompasses 70 fluvial islands. The ecosystem is very fragile and highly succeptible to the presence of humans. The government of the (very poor) state of Piauí has spent millions to boost tourism in the area, which increasingly threat animal and plant life.

Piauí, Brasil

Although right next door to my home state of Ceará, I had never visited Piauí until now. The reason for this recent border crossing was pure curiosity. I wanted to see the Delta do Parnaíba, the place where the Parnaíba river reaches the waters of the Atlantic.

Exhibit at Beatnik Studios

I was invited to participate in a collective exhibit along with other members of the Focus Group - a gathering of Sacramento photographers - at the Beatnik Studios and Gallery. I chose to display four images from "Retratos no Mercado," a series of portraits I created this past June in my hometown of Fortaleza, CE Brasil. This project came when I was asked to photograph the city's oldest market from my own point of view. I was immediately drawn to the butchers.  

Janine exhibits at the Institute of Photography

I was invited to do a solo exhibit of my images from "Excerpts from the Portrait Collection" at the Ifoto - Instituto de Fotografia do Ceará (the Photography Institute of the state of Ceará), located in Fortaleza. This was my first solo exhibit in Brasil and I am quite happy with the turnout. From August 26th through September 30th at Ifoto: Rua Gonçalves Lêdo, 307 - Fortaleza, CE (85)3254.6385.

Fui convidada a expor minhas imagens da série "Retratados" no Ifoto - Instituto de Fotografia do Ceará. Esta foi minha primeira exposição solo no Brasil e fiquei muito feliz com o grande número de pessoas presentes. De 26 de agosto a 30 de setembro na sede do Ifoto: Rua Gonçalves Lêdo, 307 - Fortaleza, CE (85)3254.6385.