ARTHUR OMAR: O ZEN E A ARTE GLORIOSA DA FOTOGRAFIA = TEN AND THE GLORIOUS ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY.; Livro de Trabalho/Work Book

Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Antroplogia da Face Gloriosa, 1999. b/w plates, ports., fldg. pict. wrps. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held Jan. 22-Apr. 25, 1999 at the Centro Cultural, Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Exhibit of prominent Brazilian contemporary photographer. Omar has spent 20 years in the study of the human face in order to produce this still unfinished series. The objective is to abstract reality and capture the expression. Much of his work is in large format (one square meter). Text by Ligia Canoniga. Good reference on his work. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXTS.