German Lorca Explained

German Lorca
Birth Date:	28 May 1922
Birth Place:	São Paulo, First Brazilian Republic
Death Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation:	Photographer

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

Biography

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]

Notes and References

1. News: 8 May 2021. Morre German Lorca, aos 98 anos, último representante do Cine Foto Clube Bandeirante. Portuguese. G1. São Paulo. 10 May 2021.
2. Web site: German Lorca. Enciclopédia. Portuguese.
3. News: 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. 10 May 2021.
4. Web site: 50 anos de ângulos especialmente paulistanos. IV Centenário de São Paulo. Portuguese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021235/http://www.abril.com.br/especial450/materias/lorca/. 5 July 2015.
5. Web site: German Lorca. Bolsa de Arte. Portuguese.
6. News: Perroud Boulard. Amelie. 6 October 2018. Diaporama : German Lorca, légende brésilienne de la photographie, s'expose à São Paulo. French. Bom Dia Brésil. São Paulo. 10 May 2021.
7. Web site: German Lorca. MoMa.
8. News: 8 May 2021. German Lorca morre aos 98 anos. Portuguese. Vogue Globo. 10 May 2021.