Copacabana – Rio in Panoramas
10/22/2011 — 01/15/2012
Venetiaanse Gaanderijen, Oostende, Belgium
This exhibition was part of the Europalia festival brought together images from the collection of Instituto Moreira Salles (RJ and SP) of G. Ermakoff House Editorial (RJ) and the Pierre Verger Foundation (BA) and some original prints of the National Library of Rio de Janeiro. The works presented range from iconic images such as the Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay to the dioramas of the urban landscape formed by Central Avenue, built during the Belle Epoque Carioca. It also included a video installation with projected photographs of Copacabana and film clips that had the neighborhood as a backdrop.
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