Artist Blog

Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.

imeo video_id="29100075" width="700" height="700“] Peter Lucas, an artist based in New York, found 200 small photographs at a flea market in Rio de Janeiro, later identified as photographs of a weekend photographer, Orizon Caneiro Muniz. Most of the pictures were of women on the beach in Ipanema in the early 60's. With the entire archive, found later, Peter Lucas began a film project about this discovery, as he explains: “Using the entire archive, there are several stories in the photos. The core of the film will be the relationship between the photographer and his circle of friends. We will also explore the political nature of these images since they were taken on that nostalgic eve of the 1964 Brazilian dictatorship. It was also the last hour of the classic black and white snapshot before the widespread introduction of Kodacolor film in 1964. While these photos were being taken, Tom Jobim was writing his most famous songs a few blocks away and Bossa Nova would introduce Ipanema to the world. These photos also documented that threshold moment when Brazilian women begin to change in so many ways. Their style, their beauty, and the way they walked the beach would forever captivate the world's imagination.” The Last Hour of Summer Peter Lucas talks about the project here.