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 André Cypriano Untitled © ND  André Cypriano Tatuagem / Tattoo, The Devil's Caldron series © 1993 |
André Cypriano b. 1964, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Lives in New York, NY Selected Exhibitions: Universtity of North Carolina, 2000 Gallery 16, San Francsisco, CA, 1999 Exposed Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1994 En Foco at Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY White Line Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1992 Grounds for Arts, Woodacre, CA 1990 El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA Education: College of Marin/City College of San Francisco, CA, 1994 BA,. Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Brazil, 1986 Awards: Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, 1998 En Foco’s New Works Photography Award,1998 Portrait Excellent Award, Lifetouch, 1996 The World Image Award Competition, 1992 San Francisco City College, Photography Department Scholarship, 1992 A native of Brazil, Cypriano lives and works as a freelance photographer in New York City, and is currently working on a new documentary project in Brazil with the support received from Mother Jones and En Foco. “Contrasting with the innocence and tranquility of the island (Ilha Grande), was a prison known as the Devil’s Caldron. It was in this penitentiary that the government made an historic mistake during Brazil’s military dictatorship, of imprisoning militant revolutionaries together with common criminals. That policy instigated the evolution of the Comando Vermelho, the largest criminal organization in Brazil. I attempted to capture the unguarded dark image of life inside the Devil’s Caldron. My hope is to reflect the pain and desolate loneliness inmates felt when serving time – time in a prison surrounded by a paradise that teased them with what is forbidden.” Excerpt from Nueva Luz Volume 6:1 Website: |
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