Luiz Carlos Barreto and Tropical Light

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Forget the Light. Shoot the Shadows.

Luiz Carlos Barreto’s original career as a photographer had a lasting influence in his later work in film. Now one of Brazil’s most respected producers, he recently looked back on the lessons learned.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/forget-the-light-shoot-the-shadows/?pagewanted=all

Before he became one of Latin America’s most prolific filmmakers — with more than 80 movies credited to his production company — Luiz Carlos Barreto was a photographer. For 15 years beginning in the late 1940s, he worked for O Cruzeiro, a Brazilian weekly magazine similar to Life or Look traveling all over Latin America and also working as a correspondent in Europe.

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