German Lorca

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German Lorca
Born28 May 1922
Died8 May 2021(2021-05-08) (aged 98)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationPhotographer

German Lorca (28 May 1922 – 8 May 2021) was a Brazilian photographer.[1]

Biography[edit]

Lorca studied accounting at the Liceu Acadêmico de São Paulo. He started his own accounting business in 1952. However, his interest in photography led him to a group of photographers in 1959, called Foto Cinema Clube Bandeirante. This club included the likes of Thomaz Farkas and Chico Albuquerque.[2][3] In 1954, he was official photographer of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of São Paulo.[4]

In 2006, a retrospective titled Pinacoteca I de São Paulo was exhibited in Lorca's honor.[5] In 2018, another retrospective honored 70 years of his photographic career.[6] The Museum of Modern Art possesses several of his photographs today.[7]

German Lorca died in São Paulo on 8 May 2021 at the age of 98.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Morre German Lorca, aos 98 anos, último representante do Cine Foto Clube Bandeirante". G1 (in Portuguese). São Paulo. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "German Lorca". Enciclopédia (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ Garcia, Cynthia (21 August 2018). ""Ninety-Six Years Old and at the Top of His Career": The photography of "innate modernist" German Lorca". Newcity Brazil. São Paulo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "50 anos de ângulos especialmente paulistanos". IV Centenário de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 July 2015.
  5. ^ "German Lorca". Bolsa de Arte (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ Perroud Boulard, Amelie (6 October 2018). "Diaporama : German Lorca, légende brésilienne de la photographie, s'expose à São Paulo". Bom Dia Brésil (in French). São Paulo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "German Lorca". MoMa.
  8. ^ "German Lorca morre aos 98 anos". Vogue Globo (in Portuguese). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.