Celso Brandão

Celso Brandão (born 1951 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil) is a photographer who also directed a few documentaries. He can always be found at his headquarters in Carababa Beach ^{[permanent dead link]}, just a few minutes from the city center. Some of his work belong the Pirelli Collection of 1996 ^[1] He has also received several awards at the Festival do Cinema Brasileiro de Penedo in the years 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1980. At the moment his is back doing a few documentaries and teaching photography at Federal University of Alagoas.

Celso Brandão
Born	1951 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Occupation(s)	Photographer, Director

Filmography

• Filé de Pombal da Barra - 1977 10' Super8
• Mandioca da terra à mesa. 1977 10'
• Benedito: o santeiro. - 1985 24'
• Dede Mamata - 1988
• Ponto das Ervas. 11'
• A Singeleza da Singeleza. 4'
• A casa de santo - 1986 13'
• Memória da vida e do trabalho (1ª Mostra Internacional do Filme Etnográfico)
• Chão de casa - 1982 (1ª Mostra Internacional do Filme Etnográfico)
• Mestra Hilda
• Mestre Benon, o Treme Terra, de Nicolle Freire and Celso Brandão on YouTube
• O Lambe-Sola - Celso Brandão's views on the popular poet Antonio Aurélio de Morais

Photography

• Nucleo de estudos afro-brasileiros - UFAL
• KARIRI
• 1993 – Fotografia Brasileira Contemporânea: anos 70 a 80, 1º Mês Internacional da Fotografia, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo
• 1993 – Argueiro, um Cisco no Olho, Galeria Fotoptica, São Paulo
• 2002 – Canudos, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro
• 2001 - Semana do Indio - FUNAI
• 2007 - Art pictures for Tania Pedrosa
• 2007 - Exposição de fotografias Acenda uma Vela