The Photographer

Part of a series of prints for "Exhibition Le Coq D'Or Kuala Lumpur." Joaquim Pedro Ribeiro Araujo was a Brazilian artist prominent in the 1960s. He worked with a wide variety of mediums including oils, tempera, ink, and woodblocks. Joaquim surrounded himself with fellow avant-garde artists of the time, including Brazilian modern artists Amilcar de Castro and Helio Oiticica. He studied art in Sao Paulo before moving to Japan where he was introduced to woodblock prints, by which he was greatly inspired. He spent a lot of time in Asia, moving to Bangkok, Thailand, where he started writing opinion pieces for the Bangkok World, climbing the art world ladder. He released his manifesto which focused on the concept of ephemerality—he believed that values are inadequate because time is always changing, therefore one should follow their own beliefs. Opposed to everything popular, Joaquim wanted to challenge the status quo and break the beatnik artist stereotype saying, “my paintings are not j