50 Years of Photography - 1970-2020 by Alfredo Cunha

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Alfredo Cunha who we are talking about is the man with his camera and his gaze.

Any good photojournalist senses, before he knows it clearly, that an image, which must contain all content and seduction, is, has always been a decisive moment. Before being defined by Cartier-Bresson, it already existed in the mind of those who photograph the event, the face and the movement.

In Alfredo Cunha's long 50-year career, much has changed: the country he photographs; the equipment he uses - far from the very first Petri FT, the Leica M3, which he started using in 1973, and all the Leicas that followed and which he has always remained faithful to; photography - from analog, mostly black and white, to digital, which he has been using since 2003. The photojournalistic image responds to the requirement of agreement with the text, it is also linked to where, when, how and why. However, when the photographer has already defined his style, and this is the case of Alfredo Cunha, the seduction of the image overlaps the seduction of the news. In all of them it becomes difficult to associate the image with a style because Alfredo Cunha goes beyond the current trend and theme.

And it is in this regard that we can say, with Barthes, that his photographs are the result without a code, they depend on the transmission of his for our affection.

Teresa Siza (adapted text)