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

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

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.