Vincent Rosenblatt

After studying history, photographer Vincent Rosenblatt travelled to Poland on several occasions between 1989 and 1997, which sparked his interest in photography. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2002, to document the underground scene of Bailes Funk and urban fringe culture in Brazil, and set up a photography workshop called Olhares do Morro on the heights of the Santa Marta favela. Olhares do Morro provides a place where the youth living in the favelas can find their own expression and study photography. Since becoming an association, Olhares do Morro has exhibited at the Unesco headquarters in Paris in 2004, at the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in 2005, and was invited the same year to show at the Art Basel Miami Beach. Recently their work was showcased in Stockholm in 2006 and Brazil in 2007. Today various photographers from the favelas are represented by the Agencia Olhares, which has taken on the cultural vocation of the original association. The international press has regularly singled out their portfolios due to their immediacy and authenticity.

Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery