Private Nest

It’s been more than twenty years photographing families, always choosing to visit their homes.
This has characterized my work, humanized my portraits, and added to their own content and style.
I am invited to enter, to survey all around me and to find a sign, perceiving the other. Through them, I perceive myself.

In each home, a hidden story, full of guarded emotions and inspirations to the artist.

Beauty in simplicity. A solitary journey filled with rewards.

During these sessions, I was impacted by a growing interest for the small episodes of daily life.
Little scenes left behind, too mundane to the distracted eye, but too vivid to my fascinated regard.

I am moved to observe the common with enchantment.

About eight years ago my eye took a new path and turned my attention to the fragments of everyday life.

I emphasize the augmented reality pictured in these images, thinning the lines between real and fantasy.

The use of colors played an indispensable role in this series, marking their presence without the aid of form.

I present a group of 19 images. Five unpublished, a few reedited, and two previously exhibited in group shows at the Grand Palais in Paris (2012-2013).

Isabel Becker


ISABEL BECKER
LIVES AND WORKS IN RIO DE JANEIRO

Isabel Becker was born and lives in Rio de Janeiro. She received a degree in Visual Communications in 1990.
Began studying photography in Oxford, England, when she bought her first camera. Fascinated by the natural light that has always been her great inspiration.
Two years later, she stood out as a fashion and life style photographer in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and started shooting pictures for magazines published by Editora Abril . In 1995, she held her first individual exhibition, featuring playful images of European cities.
In 2000, she created and was the curator of the Fine Art project Photo Gallery, which displayed the work of renowned photographers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Upon exploring different themes, Isabel immersed into portraits.
The result is a body of work directly related to the involvement drawn between the photographer and her subject; the person, landscape or object. In 2011 she began a new project, entitled Private Nest. A fine line that brings together her work as an artist. In 2012 and 2013 exhibits Private Nest at Grand Palais in Paris
In 2014 released his first book, Isabel Becker fotografias.