Pedra e Luz – Bom Jesus da Lapa by Gustavo Malheiros (September 14, 2009) 
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Curator Statement by Joana Mazza
Gustavo Malheiros already has a series of published books and a consolidated career in the advertising market, but in his last book Pedra e Luz – Bom Jesus da Lapa he reinvents his way of glancing. The work has two sources, the portraits have been made in an improvised studio, the other part is the documentation of what he finds during the traditional Bom Jesus da Lapa pilgrimage. Gustavo presents his testimony to us of this historical moment of transformation taking us through the process of agricultural reform with his distinguished and complex glance over the peregrination and its characters.
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It was by my wife's idea that Arte Ensaio, a publishing company, asked me to make a book about Bom Jesus da Lapa at Sertão da Bahia.
I was concerned about it, but I was given compleet freedom.
I started my research about the place and, to be honest, apart from the inspirations on Avedon's portraits, I couldn't find much to help.
By the time I arrived in Bom Jesus da Lapa, I realised that I was given an enourmous gift.
As days went by I was more enthusiastic about the people and the place. I was living in another world, that I would not have found, had I not been a photographer.
I was an unique experience that inspired me and changed me as a photographer.
Gustavo Malheiros (1969) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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