Rosa Gauditano

Brazilian photographer Rosa Gauditano’s archive spans over forty years going back to Brazil of the 70s – a country under military dictatorship.

Rooted in the tradition of Latin American photography, seamlessly merging documentary work with the aesthetic creation of photographic art Rosa Gauditano has always let her camera speak for the neglected or abandoned – those on the margins of society.

Rosa Gauditano has never shied away from – at the time – controversial subjects on the fringe of society like her 1976 project ‘Prostitutas’ or the ‘1979 Forbidden Lives’ project.

Her work has been widely exhibited and published and is held in a number of public and private collection in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Argentina and the USA.

Indigenous People

Xavante Man, Mato Grosso, Pimentel Barbosa Land

Forbidden Lives

In 1978 photographer Rosa Gauditano was commissioned by the magazine Veja to contribute photos for a feature article about the lesbian community in Sao Paulo. Brazil in the 70s was still a country under military dictatorship and homosexuality was a taboo subject in Brazilian society and the national media. The article was never published

Prostitutas

Sao Paulo Children

A Mesma uta

1st Paulista Women‘s Congress , Catholic University, Sao Paulo

2nd Paulista Women’s Congress, Catholic University

Demonstration against rising costs of Living, Praca de Sé, Sao Paulo

Demonstration against rising costs of Living, Sao Paulo

Demonstration against rising violence against women, Sao Paulo

Demonstration against violence against women, Sao Paulo

Demonstration for Direct Elections Now!, Sé Square, Sao Paulo

Election of Lula to president of the São Bernardo do Campo Metalworkers Union

Lula in Assembly at the Vila Euclides Stadium, San Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo

Mario Juruna 1st indigenous elected as deputy in Brazil