RioErotico
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This collection of vibrant new photographs is a testament to the eroticism of photographer Otto Stupakoff's native country, Brazil. A blend of cultures -- African, European, and Latino -- Stupakoff's Brazil is a land of tight, tanned flesh, vivid tropical flowers, dripping fruits, and, most of all, the youthful, relaxed sexuality of the people.
By capturing his subjects in moments of joyful sexual abandon, Stupakoff's photos strike a refreshing balance between the erotic and the playful. A former fashion photographer for magazines such as Vogue and Elle, Stupakoff takes an unstudied, almost voyeuristic approach to his subjects here. He incorporates both the posed and the unposed: in one frame, a beautiful girl on a train stares intently at the camera, while in another a man and a woman share a wild and naked embrace atop a rocky landscape. The result is a collection of images with the lush detail of a fashion layout, the intimacy of a Nan Goldin portrait, and the impression of everyday people photographed with journalistic verve.
Complete with poetry taken from Brazilian literature and popular culture, this visual narrative perfectly captures the spirit and allure of Rio -- the women, the men, the sexuality, the joy, and the beauty. It is more than just a book of photographs -- it is a love letter to Brazil.
About the AuthorOtto Stupakoff's photographs have been featured extensively in Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Elle, and Time. A pioneering fashion photographer in Brazil, Stupakoff moved to New York in the late sixties and became known for his photographs of the celebrated and famous. Also an accomplished journalistic photographer, Stupakoff's photographs of Cambodia were exhibited at the Academy of Science in New York and auctioned at Christie's to benefit land-mine victims. His work is exhibited in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Museum of Art in Sao Paulo; the Municipal Museum of The Hague, Holland; and the Staley-Wise Gallery in New York, among others. He has also been the subject of gallery expositions in New York, Paris, Arles, Rio, and Sao Paulo. Stupakoff remains one of the most celebrated Brazilian-born photographers in the world. He lives in Thailand.
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