People At Home, Mg. Brazil — Sheila Maureen Bisilliat

People at home, MG. Brazil

Sheila Bisilliat’s ‘People at Home, MG. Brazil’ captures a poignant moment of solitude in rural Brazil. Black & white documentary photography, 1950s style.


sheila maureen bisilliat (1931)

Explore the evocative photography of Sheila Maureen Bisilliat, capturing Brazilian life & culture since 1966. Discover poignant portraits & scenes from ArtsDot.

Instituto Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Born in Englefield, Surrey, Maureen Bisilliat has constructed a solid photographic investigation of the Brazilian soul since the 1950s, when she moved to the country, using her foreigner’s eye impregnated with a profound respect for her subjects – sertanejos and Indians above all – and a search for conceptual support in anthropology and great works of Brazilian literature. Her complete works have been part of the Instituto Moreira Salles’ collection since December 1983, a total of 16,251 images that includes photographs, black-and-white negatives, and color chromes.