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Pedro Oliveira
BornMarch 1989 (age 35)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhotographer

Pedro H. Oliveira Reis (born March 3, 1989, in Sao Paulo, Brazil), more commonly known as Pedro Oliveira, is an American professional photographer[1][2][3] who resides in Portland, Oregon, and San Juan Capistrano, California.[4]

Oliveira is best known for his series of portraits of homeless people around the world, named "Careful: Soul Inside",[5] and for his photo essay with women over 50 years old, named "Beyond the 60th Sense".[6] He has also had his work featured in places such as National Geographic, the musical Hamilton,[citation needed] Der Spiegel, and Die Presse, among others.

Early life

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Oliveira was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but lived most of his childhood in a small town, 200 miles away from the state's capital, named Pedro de Toledo.[5]

Being the second of three children (Katerine and Priscila Oliveira) of Ivonete Borges Oliveira and Jose Eliezer Reis, Oliveira earned his first undergraduate degree in computer sciences at Universidade Nove de Julho [pt]. During his years in college, Oliveira was hired by IBM Brazil as an intern, and four months later was promoted to a database analyst.

After two years working for IBM,[1] Oliveira decided to move to Atlanta, Georgia, United States[7] to further his education. After nine months in Atlanta, Oliveira moved to Portland, Oregon, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from Portland State University.[8]

Career

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"Careful: Soul Inside"

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While in college, Oliveira was having difficulties adapting to the new city and to coping with the rough and constantly wet and cloud weather on the West Coast.[9] Following a friend's suggestion, he purchased his first camera as a hobby to help him with his homesickness.[2] During this period, Oliveira started photographing and reporting the encounters he would have with homeless people on his neighborhood.

After posting some of his images and stories on photographic communities, the "Careful: Soul Inside" gained overnight popularity, attracting attention from specialized art magazines such as My Modern Met[5] and Petapixel.[9] Eventually the project reached the mainstream media, receiving coverage from the Brazilian news conglomerate RecordTV,[10] the Orange County Register,[1] and local Portland outlets Street Roots[11] and KGW News.[2]

"Beyond the 60th Sense"

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After finishing his "Careful: Soul Inside" project, Oliveira started a new series entitled "Beyond the 60th Sense".

During two years, he interviewed and photographed women from different backgrounds and socioeconomic classes, reporting their opinion on topics such as the correlation between age and beauty, sexuality, mental health, and body shaming, among others.[6] As with his first project, "Beyond" was also first featured in specialized magazines[12][13][14][15][16][17] before it was noticed by mainstream media outlets.[6][3][18][19][20]

In an interview for The Oregonian, Oliveira said the series was inspired by the 2017 #MeToo movement, in which "brave women stood up for themselves and what they believed."[3]

After receiving coverage[6] in the German newspaper Der Spiegel, "Beyond" caught the attention of the traveling exhibition Body Worlds,[21][22][23] and in March 2019 it became part of its exhibition at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI).

Other projects

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Oliveira has also photographed a few other projects such as "Ribeira: A Brazil's Tale,"[24] which was featured on National Geographic (Traveler UK and the now-discontinued Yourshot).[25]

He also produced a photo essays entitled "My Apologies Saudi Arabia," "Secret Kauai" (not yet published).[citation needed], and "9 Under the 19," covering senior couples under the Coronavirus lockdown.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Their souls are in their eyes, says photographer of the homeless". Orange County Register. June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Photo project tells the stories of Portland's homeless". KGW. May 13, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Oregonian/OregonLive, Grant Butler | The (March 1, 2020). "OMSI photo exhibit shows the beauty, fierceness of older women". oregonlive. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Pedrontheworld". Pedrontheworld. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Interview: Photographer Documents the Faces of Homelessness in Award Winning Portrait Series". My Modern Met. June 19, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Was ist Schönheit? Pedro Oliveira gibt mit seinen Porträts von Frauen über 50 Antworten – DER SPIEGEL – Stil". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Il coronavirus degli anziani senza abbracci. Le foto". VanityFair.it (in Italian). May 3, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Portland State Alumni Association | Where art meets activism". www.pdx.edu. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Portraits of Portland's Homeless: Eyes as the Window to the Soul". petapixel.com. June 10, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  10. ^ "Fotógrafo brasileiro retrata moradores de rua em série vencedora de prêmios". Virgula (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Oliveira, Pedro. "A photographer's journey into the eyes of Portland's homeless". news.streetroots.org. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  12. ^ "Frau tv". www.facebook.com. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  13. ^ dodhomagazine (December 1, 2019). "Photo essay : Beyond the 60th Sense by Pedro Oliveira". Dodho. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  14. ^ York, Nicole (November 3, 2019). "Mature Beauty: Photographer Celebrates the Beauty and Strength of Women Over 50". Fstoppers. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "This Inspiring Portrait Series Captures the Beauty and Wisdom of Women Over 50". petapixel.com. December 13, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  16. ^ "Série fotográfica aborda a beleza das mulheres acima dos 50 anos". iPhoto Channel (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 2, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "Beyond the 60th Sense" von Pedro Oliveira, retrieved March 11, 2020
  18. ^ Um 12:08, January 15, 2020 (January 1, 2020). "Alter ist doch nur eine Zahl". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ "Frauen ab 50: Pedro Oliveira zeigt die Schönheit der zweiten Lebenshälfte". BRIGITTE (in German). January 2, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  20. ^ "Beyond the 60th Sense – Pedro Oliveira's Photo Essay on Women Empowerment". The Good Men Project. May 1, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  21. ^ "BODY WORLDS – Take an eye-opening journey under the skin!". Körperwelten. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  22. ^ "bodyworlds". OMSI. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  23. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Samantha Swindler | The (March 1, 2020). "'Body Worlds' returns to OMSI to dissect the Cycle of Life". oregonlive. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  24. ^ "Pedro Oliveira on His Return to Brazil". Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture. May 1, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  25. ^ "National Geographic Traveller (UK)". pocketmags.com. November 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  26. ^ "Il lavoro che precede il lavoro", Alla ricerca della via più breve, Springer Milan, pp. 119–125, 2009, doi:10.1007/978-88-470-1089-5_12, ISBN 978-88-470-1088-8
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