Seekers
by Calé
May 1–29, 2014

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Through a superficial observation of the Seekers series, we, as observers, are inclined to reject the portraits we present as failures. They show signs of poor technical capacity as the main character of each photo is quite blurred and overexposed. With the fully automatic cameras of our time, it should be possible to make sharp, well-exposed photos. But Brazilian artist Calé has created a series with such rigor that we necessarily have to surrender to his figurative language and enter the premises of his photographs.

Because the conditions for our existence in large cities seem to be the same regardless of where we are in the world, the series is not about specific people or places, but the temporal places in which we find ourselves.  It is no coincidence that we are in the urban space, where each person is supposedly surrounded by many other people. However, the photographs are reproduced isolated, alone and anonymous. Nowhere are we more solitary than when surrounded by strangers.

Jens Friis
Curator and Director
Brandts Museum, Denmark

Artists

Calé
Calé cale.art.br

Calé has been a editorial and commercial photographer for the last 17 years, and had clients such as National Geographic, Newsweek, Vogue, GQ, NY Times, Petrobras, Cachaça Leblon, Banco Icatu, among others. In the last 3 years he has been dedicating more time to his art work, part of a big life change. His work looks into the universe of his inner experiences and questions love, sexuality, identity and spiritual arise. His photos have been seen in galleries, museums and festivals in Denmark, Russia, Ireland, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and USA He recently won the XIII Marc Ferrez Prize in Brazil, a USD$ 22.000,00 grant, and in 2011 he won the Iberoamericanos Award and Best Porfolio in Encuentros Abiertos Argentina 2012.