Edson Chagas

Edson Chagas (born 1977) be an Angolan photographer. He train as a photojournalist, ein works dey explore cities den consumerism. Ein Found Not Taken series dey resituate abandoned objects elsewhere within cities. Ein oda large-format photograph series play for tropes top wey relate to African masks. Oikonomos dey consist of self-portraits of Chagas plus shopping bags over ein head as symbols of consumerism insyd Luanda, ein home city. De passport-style photographs of Tipo Passe dey show models wey dey wear nondescript, contemporary clothes den traditional African masks.

Chagas represent Angola for de 2013 Venice Biennale, for wich he win ein Golden Lion for best national pavilion. Na dem sanso exhibit ein works for de Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, den Brooklyn Museum.

 Life den career 
Na dem born Edson Chagas insyd Luanda, Angola, insyd 1977.Angerame, Nicola Davide (June 3, 2013). "Angola Leone D'Oro. Buona la prima". Artribune. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2017. He get a degree insyd photojournalism from de London College of Communication wey he study documentary photography for de University of Wales, Newport.Sebambo, Khumo (September 16, 2015). "Edson Chagas' photographs are simple and striking". Design Indaba. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

Insyd 2017 den 2018, Chagas capture photographs of de abandoned Fábrica Irmãos Carneiro textile factory insyd Luanda, wich he show insyd Lisbon insyd 2022. De interior photos dey show textured close-ups of ein abandoned machines, cobwebs, dust, den rust. Odas dey show de degradation of furniture, wall paint, den de building ein facade.Branquinho, Laurinda (October 18, 2022). "Factory of Disposable Feelings: Edson Chagas no Hangar". Umbigo. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

As of 2015, Chagas continue dey live insyd Luanda den dey work as de image editor give Expansão, an Angolan newspaper.

 Exhibitions dem select 

Solo
 Angolan pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 2013McGarry, Kevin (June 7, 2013). "The Venice Biennale's Rookies of the Year". New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
 Factory of Disposable Feelings, Hangar – Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon, 2022

Group
 Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015Kedmey, Karen (November 9, 2015). "MoMA and Guggenheim Take Stock of Photography in 2015". Artsy. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
 From Africa to the Americas: Face-To-Face Picasso, Past and Present, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 2018
 A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern, London, 2023

 References 

 External links 

 Official website
 Edson Chagas at Artsy

Category:Human
Category:Angolan photographers
Category:Angolan people
Category:1977 births
Category:Alumni of de London College of Communication
Category:Alumni of de University of Wales, Newport
Category:People wey komot Luanda
Category:21st-century Angolan people
Category:21st-century photographers