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Patricio Guzmán Campos

Nascimento : 1935-08-15, Santiago, Chile

Morte : 2014-07-16

História

Patricio Guzmán Campos was a Chilean photographer, documentary filmmaker and cinematographer with a long international career. He portrayed the reality of Chile from 1958 to 1973. He is considered to be one of the greatest figures of Chilean social photography. In 1974, after the coup, he went into exile in Hungary. In 1980 he emigrated to Canada, the country where he eventually passed away in 2014. Part of his career was linked to the Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, whom he photographed on various occasions.

Filmes

Dear Silvia

archive footage

Photographer Patricio Guzmán Campos has died in exile. Silvia edited his retrospective book a few years ago and after learning about Patricio's death, she sits down to read again the letters he sent her, in which he reveals the feelings and reflections provoked by facing his photography during the process of making the book, where he sees a place that has been taken away from him, but which he tries to hold on to through his memories.

Juan Maula y el Garrudo

Director of Photography

A peasant without money or work, sells his soul to "El Garrudo" in order to get wealth and marry the young and beautiful Petita. Years later, Juan Maula and "El Garrudo" debate in a duel of "payas" (a singing and composing competition) , where the peasant's soul and his freedom will be the prize.

Valparaiso

First Assistant Camera

Em 1962, Joris Ivens foi convidado ao Chile para dar aulas e fazer filmes. Junto com os alunos fez este curta-metragem. Comparando a prestigiosa história do porto com a atualidade, este é um retrato da cidade construída sobre 42 colinas, com sua riqueza e pobreza, sua vida cotidiana nas ruas.

The Small Tent

Camera Operator

Documentary filmed during the shooting of “À Valparaiso” which shows the children’s reactions to the performance of a circus show. “It is the tender gaze of a poet on the smallest circus in the world and his audience of children”.