Title: Somos Brasil
Description: Winter 2016/17 saw theSomos Brasil project move to the next level with the final production of the book and the design of the Exhibition. After soft launches in the Guardian, BBC and Globoœs G1 the project now launches on March 9th at Centro Brasileiro Britânico in São Paulo. This ground-breaking project has moved on at pace over the winter months, with the final book, designed by Jim Sutherland & Alice Tosey of Studio Sutherl& ready to ship in March. Lyon has also created an image activated app, produced by Matt Hill with Calvium in Bristol, UK to augment the show and images. In addition ancestoral DNA analysis of all the nominated subjects has been supplied by Family Tree DNA lab in Houston, Texas. The book is published by Estudio Madelena, Brazilœs premier photographic publishing group in conjunction with award-winning production house ImageMagica.
Subjects: Catalogs, Human population genetics, Ethnicity, Pictorial works, Brazilians, Portraits, Portrait photography
Places: Brazil
People: Marcus Lyon (1965-)