RENATA CHEDE (BR, 1981)

Renata Chede studied Graphic Design and worked as an art director for a couple of years until she assumed her passion for photography. Chede left her homeland in 2011 and studied at the International Center of Photography in New York, under the tutelage of James Wojick and Tom Munro.

Back in Brazil, she was approached by several publishers to create portraits for magazines. Renata did extended collaborations for Vogue, among many other magazines.

In 2013, Renata started a journey on a month off, but the taste of moving freely grew continuously. She traveled for 3 years and at that time she developed most of her personal series: a mix of portraits and landscapes. As a result, man and nature have become an intrinsic and essential part of her explorations. Both subjects are mainly shot in natural light and together they translate the stillness and calm in which she sees life.

EXHIBITIONS

June 2017, "Make Yourself at Home" | Urban Cultural Days at Lely Broedplaats, Amsterdam May 2017, "Temporary Middle East" | OBA Cinétol X HATCH Series, Amsterdam May 2011, New York Photo Festival | Leica Contest, NY November 2008, "As pequenas coisas da vida" | Centro Europeu, Curitiba