Joe Reynolds in Conversation with Douglas Breault - LENSCRATCH

Joe Reynolds uses a large-format camera to build bonds that stretch across continents. While geographically from the American South, his bloodline connects him to the people of Brazil. These origins converge in the series Cristalândia, a photographic exploration of a Brazilian mining town, where he introduces himself to the community in search of camaraderie through

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Photographing Brazilians was a way for me to wear my awkwardness out in the open where it was clear that my camera made me weird. I could deflect my weirdness onto my camera, temporarily. After that, the “calorzinho” took over and allowed me to gently reveal my deeper weirdnesses to them and, surprisingly, theirs to me

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