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The series Albinos is a result of an extensive research project through which, in the course of five years, I searched, located and try and convince some Albinos to allow me to portray them in the artificial context a studio, with all its characteristic mise-en-scène such as scenographic background, clothes and artificial light. The idea was to transport my characters to the universe of the classic portraits, something quite improbable in their lives, but rather familiar in the collective memory and imaginary, I suspect.

Due to photophobia and social exclusion, many albinos live literally in the shadow. And as photography is basically light, I thought it would be revealing to bring them to the position of protagonists.

Albinos, Madalena & Terceiro Nome publisher, 2014

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