Biography

The attraction to photography started very early in my life and I had the luck of growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its breathtaking nature was the backdrop for my first experiments in black and white. At age 14 I got my first SLR camera. I processed most films in my school’s darkroom. However, the lack of my own darkroom and the immense challenges of developing colored film discouraged me from pursuing this field. Besides, my professional choice was in the health care field.

Only recently with my move to California, its captivating landscapes, the tremendous improvement of digital SLR cameras, as well as the digital darkroom rekindled my old passion for photography. My main areas of interest are landscape, wildlife and nature, especially in the American Southwest.

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