Cássio Vasconcellos Explained

Cássio Vasconcellos
Birth Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Known For:	Aerial photography Fine-art photography and author

Cássio Vasconcellos (born 1965) is a Brazilian photographer.

Life and work

Vasconcellos was born in São Paulo, Brazil.

He began his career in 1981 with photographic journalism and artistic projects, specializing in aerial photography.^[1]

Publications

• Noturnos São Paulo (Nocturnes São Paulo). Bookmark, São Paulo, Brazil, 2002. .
• Aéreas (Aerials). Terra Virgem, São Paulo, Brazil, 2010. .
• Panorâmicas (Panoramics). DBA, São Paulo, Brazil, 2012. .
• Coletivos (Collectives). Quarantena, 2020.^{[2] [3]}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Noturnos (Nocturnes), Post Office Palace, São Paulo, Brazil, 2010
• Cássio Vasconcellos, Today Art Museum, Peking, China, 2013^[4]

Group exhibitions

• Correspondências Visuais (Visual Correspondences), with Marcelo Brodsky and Tiago Santana, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2011;, São Paulo, Brazil, 2011
• Civilisation: The Way We Live Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2019–20^[5]

Awards

• 1995: National Photography Award, National Foundation of the Arts (FUNARTE), Brazil
• 1999: J.P. Morgan Photography Award, São Paulo, Brazil
• 2001: Porto Seguro Photography Award, São Paulo, Brazil
• 2002: Best Photography Exhibition of the Year, Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (São Paulo Art Critics Association), São Paulo, Brazil
• 2018: Juror's pick, LensCulture Art Photography Awards^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Enciclopedia, Cássio Vasconcellos. Itaú Cultural. October 4, 2013.
2. Web site: 2022-10-23. Cássio Vasconcellos Captures Chaotic Urban Landscapes in a Series of Articulated Aerial Photographs. 28 August 2020. ArchDaily.
3. Web site: Megan. Williams. 2022-10-23. Cássio Vasconcellos' aerial photos explore the idea of space in Covid-19. 25 August 2020. Creative Review.
4. Web site: Brazil's Minister of Culture Marta Suplicy visits Today Art Museum. todayartmuseum.com.
5. News: 2022-10-23. Civilisation: a breathtaking vista of life in the 21st century – in pictures. The Guardian. 9 September 2019. 0261-3077.
6. News: 2022-10-23. Art's new frontiers: LensCulture award winners – in pictures. The Guardian. 22 August 2018. 0261-3077.