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 la evocadora fotografía de Sheila Maureen Bisilliat, que captura la vida y cultura brasileña desde 1966. Descubra retratos y escenas conmovedoras en ArtsDot.

Instituto Moreira Salles (Río de Janeiro, Brasil)

Diseñado por Olavo Redig de Campos en los años 50, con jardines de Roberto Burle Marx que ofrecen un espacio único para la contemplación.

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.