Title: Penitentes :
Authors: Silva, Guilherme Ghisoni da,; Nakagawa, Rosely,; Veloso, Guy.
Date: 2019.
Publisher: Rumos Itaú Cultural :
Physical description: 234 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm +
Language: Portuguese
LC classification: T
Abstract: For almost two decades, photographer Guy Benchimol de Veloso (Belém, PA, 1969) traveled through 13 Brazilian states recording the rituals of the penitents, a secret and mystical brotherhoods that during Lent and Holy Week go out at night in procession praying for the suffering spirits. In more extreme cases, some practice self-flagellation. "The artist is a Penitent initiated into the rituals he portrays. The Penitents themselves accept him as a Penitent. Very few eyes have been granted access to the rituals he has witnessed - many of them secret and never before photographed. This access was earned slowly, over the course of more than 17 years of intense research and negotiations. He made countless trips and contact with more than 200 groups spread across 13 different states of Brazil. The highpoint of this profound dedication to the world of Penitents came when he was accepted as a follower into a centennial brotherhood in Bahia. Little by little, he became what he portrays, and this is part of the reason why his photographs have such extraordinary power." --Page [232]
Contents: English Version -- The discovery of something unequely ours about the photography of Guy Veloso / Guilherme Ghisoni da Silva -- Passion and penitence: the sublimation of desire and the impossibility in images / Rosely Nakawa -- Blood rituals in the depths of Brazil / Guy Veloso. A descoberta do que nos é próprio: sobre a fotografia de Guy Veloso / Guilherme Ghisoni da Silva -- Paixão e penitencia a sublimação de desejo e da impossibilidade em imagens / Rosely Nakawa -- Ritos de sangue no Brasil profundo / Guy Veloso Legendas = Captions -- .
Notes: Chiefly illustrated. Prêmio Jabuti 2020 finalist in the catagory of art books.
Subject headings (LCSH): Brazil--Religious life and customs--Pictorial works.; Brazil--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.; Flagellants--Brazil--Pictorial works.; Holy Week--Brazil--Pictorial works.; Photography, Artistic.; Popular culture--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Pictorial works.; Veloso, Guy, 1969---Catalogs.; Veloso, Guy, 1969---Themes, motives.; Veloso, Guy--Themes, motives.