Brazilian photographer Lita Cerqueira created a complete and historical collection of images that are a portrait of black Brazilians during the Dictatorship period in Brazil until today, the only complete collection of the genre.
Lita Cerqueira, a black woman herself, created this complete register of Black Brazilians in a time when photography was dominated by white men, descendents of European countries. At that time there were not many opportunities for women in photography, neither were there for a black woman. Therefore, it is our big honor to represent her and showcase her photographs at the gallery attesting the strong emotional power her Art brings to us.
The Brazilian Quilombo movement struggle came to an end, but it was replaced by that of the intellectual struggle, which Lita Cerqueira participated and still participates actively.
Brazilian Quilombo also gave birth to cinema, samba, dance and the creation of the Brazilian culture. Lita Cerqueira’s gaze sweeps the land, demystifies life, beautifies all that is beyond what we perceive at first glance.
Ricardo Fernandes
Lita Cerqueira’s photographs are a result of sensitivity of a gaze. Wrought in the anguish and acuteness of repressed people, but proud and patient ones, with the magical dimensions of this civilization that is in progress, a fourth dimension in the life of inspired nations such as Brazil.
I am well acquainted with this confluence between desire of a tropical artist and the unpredictability of our willful gods. I am an artist, just as Lita is, also black and also from Bahia, and I know that her photographs are a miracle of a gaunt attentive eye tended by the inattentive eye of gods in a trance.
Gilberto Gil
Main Exhibitions
2017
Bahia´s Carnival official Photographer, Trio Eletrico 2222, Flora Gil, Salvador, Brazil
2016
“A Arte da Lembrança”, The Art of Memory, Gregório de Matos Foundation, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Orixas – Maison France Brésil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bahia´s Carnival official Photographer, Trio Eletrico 2222, Flora Gil, Salvador, Brazil
2015
Candiani Cultural Center, Venice, Italy
Lita´s sensitive and documentary Glance, Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Collective Exhibition A Arte da Lembrança ” A Saudade na Fotografia Brasileira”, The Art of Memory, Nostalgia in Brazilian Photograph, Itau Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Bahia´s Carnival official Photographer, Trio Eletrico 2222, Flora Gil, Salvador, Brazil
2014
Les couleurs du Brésil, Johnson & Johnson Paris, France
Le Brési en Noir et Blanc, Cloître des Billettes, Cultural Center, Paris, France
2013
Vinícius de Moraes, 100 years, FNAC, São Paulo, Brazil
A Fotografia Como eu Sou, FNAC, Curitiba, Brazil
Lita Cerqueira at Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
2012
La photographie telle que je suis, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
Femmes du Brésil, Centre Diocésain de Besançon, France
Photographe Bahianaise, Lita Cerqueira, Centre Diocésain de Bensançon, France
2011
Collective-Collectible, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
De A a Z, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
2010
A Fotografia Como Eu Sou, Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
A fotografia como Eu Sou, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil
Madaleine Cerimony, Bom Fim Church, Paris, France
2008
Cosmopolita – Lita Cerqueira Retrospective, Correios Cultural Center, Salvador, Brazil
2004
Acquisition Ceremony, 10 photos of Lita Cerqueira at the Afro-Brazilian Museum of Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brazil
2003
Madaleine Cerimony, Bom Fim Church, Paris, France
2001
Official Photographer of Bahia Carnival, Trio Eletrico 2222, Flora Gil, Salvador, Brazil
2000
The Rediscovery of Brazil 500, Black Body and Soul Festival, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
1997
Representative of the State of Bahia at VIVA BAHIA!, African American Heritage Society, Pensacola Cultural Center of Florida, Miami, USA
1976
Official Photographer of Salvador Cultural Center, Salvador, Brazil
Among others…
Main Songbooks Photography
2002
60 years of Gilberto Gil: All tales, Bene Tonteles, GG Edições, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998
Anthology of Photography in Africa and the Indian Ocean, Emanuel Araújo and André Joly, Revue Noire, Paris, France
1990
Cazuza, Compact book
1989
Gilberto Gil, Bossa Nova
1987
Almir Chediak, Lumiar Edition House
Caetano Veloso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kassav, Philippe Conrath, Editions Seghers, Paris, France
Cazuza, Only Mothers are Happy, São Paulo, Brazil
Gilberto Gil – All the words of Gilberto Gil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Burning Sands, Scarlet Moon Knight, Editora Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Among others…
Main Documentary Film
Gilberto Gil, The Power of Music. Dominique Dreyfus film produced by Yves Billon; Distribution Zaradoc – Paris, France
Among others…
Main Celebrities immortalized by Lita Cerqueira
Alceu Valença
Arrigo Barnabé
Bob Marley
Caetano Veloso
Cazuza
Chico Buarque
Dorival Caymmi
Gilberto Gil
Gal Costa
Hermeto Pascoal
João Gilberto
Jorge Benjor
Luiz Melodia
Maria Bethânia
Milton Nacimento
Ney Matogrosso
Peter Tosh
Among others…
Main Private Collections
Adriana Calcanhotto, Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Caetano Velozo – Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cissa Guimarães, Actress & Presenter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dede Veloso, Caetano´s ex-wife, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Elizabeth Monteiro de Carvalho, Manager, Brazil
Gilberto Gil, Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hamilton Moreira, Director of the Curitiba Ophthalmological Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil
Julio Bressan, Movie Director, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luiz Melodia (in memorium), Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mariana de Morães, (Vinicus de Moraes Granddaughter) Actress & singer, São Paulo, Brazil
Marília Gil, Gilberto Gil Daughter and Producer, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Moreno Veloso, Caetano Veloso son, Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Neville d´Almeida – Movie Director/ Writer/ Artist Multimedia : creator with Helio Oticica of the first Audiovisual, Interactive and Sensorial Installation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ney Matogrosso, Singer/Composer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Regina Case, Actress & Presenter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ricardo Fernandes, Art Collector – Art Dealer, Paris, France
Viviane Suarez de Sampaio, Art Collector, Curitiba, Brazil
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