MoMA opens an exhibition highlighting a previously understudied chapter of photographic history
Installation view of Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography, 19461964, on view May 8, 2021 through September 26, 2021. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar.
NEW YORK, NY
.-The Museum of Modern Art opened Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography, 19461964, the first museum exhibition of Brazilian modernist photography outside of Brazil. On view May 8 September 26, 2021, the exhibition focuses on the unforgettable creative achievements of São Paulos Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante, a group of amateur photographers widely heralded in Brazil, but essentially unknown to European and North American audiences. Fotoclubismo is comprised of over 60 photographs drawn generously from MoMAs collection; together, they bring forward the extraordinary range of achievements of this group, provide valuable insight into the way photographic aesthetics were fram