The Brasília photography series(2007) is a stand-out work within Leopoldo Plentz’s oeuvre. It was produced using autonomous, closed aesthetic thematic groups. His artistic journey seems to be structured through a disparity of references, which he depicts almost as archaeological encounters. These range from the idealisation of the landscape, in keeping with Ansel Adams or Sebastião Salgado (also from Brazil) in Silence (2012), to the waste caused in nature by discarded aluminium in the Jardim das delicias (2013-2014) and Coisas inúteis (2008) projects.
The classic black and white photographs Através do espelho (2001-2014) recall Lee Friedlander’s photos of the storefronts and shop windows of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, while those that make up Brasília fit perfectly in the tradition of architecture photography, from Julius Schulman to Gabriele Basilico. Plentz moves easily between styles and trends, between encounters and searches for images, reaping the benefits of the last six decades of the history of photography.
The Brasília photography series (2007) is a stand-out work within Leopoldo Plentz’s oeuvre. It was produced using autonomous, closed aesthetic thematic groups. His artistic journey seems to be structured through a disparity of references, which he depicts almost as archaeological encounters. These range from the idealisation of the landscape, in keeping with Ansel Adams or Sebastião Salgado (also from Brazil) in Silence (2012), to the waste caused in nature by discarded aluminium in the Jardim das delicias (2013-2014) and Coisas inúteis (2008) projects.
The classic black and white photographs Através do espelho (2001-2014) recall Lee Friedlander’s photos of the storefronts and shop windows of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, while those that make up Brasília fit perfectly in the tradition of architecture photography, from Julius Schulman to Gabriele Basilico. Plentz moves easily between styles and trends, between encounters and searches for images, reaping the benefits of the last six decades of the history of photography.