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From the UAE, the exhibition shows the happy faces of two young Arab men with scarves over their heads (pictured above)<\/em>, almost the opposite of the other image of the exhibition taken in the Arab country that shows an old man with a tense face and a large beard. \u201cPortraits\u201d includes seven pictures, and the other images include an old lady ona train with a far-off look and a satisfied-looking man with a scarf and a hat.<\/p>\n Weichert sees photography as a hobby that may become a professional activity when he retires from his pilot career. When he was a kid, the Brazilian dreamt on piloting planes. But photography has been in his life since an early age. \u201cMy father was an engineer and always photographed remarkably well,\u201d he told ANBA.<\/p>\n He has great memories of his father photographing the family in happy moments and then slide-showing them at home during the night, after dinner. \u201cWe traveled around Brazil, camping, from Recife to Porto Alegre,\u201d he recounts. Weichert learned to take pictures with the old Rolleiflex of his father, Karlheinz Weichert, when the images were still developed in photo papers inside darkrooms.<\/p>\n The study was put aside while his life as a pilot started. Born in Niter\u00f3i, which hosts the show, Weichert even started studying engineering but dropped everything to try his dream job when former airline Varig announced it was selecting and training new pilots. He got the job, became a plane pilot and worked for 19 years at Varig until the company went bankrupted.<\/p>\n His new job was in the UAE, where Weichert have worked for 13 years at Emirates<\/a>. In Dubai, the Brazilian bought a new camera, participated in workshops and started taking pictures again. Since he was in a central zone of the world as the UAE is and traveled with the company to several exotic places, he thought it was time to photograph again and show the pictures not only to his family.<\/p>\n The connection with Renato Moreth, which occurred through his wife\u2019s tourism company in Dubai, opened the doors for the chance to do an exhibition in Rio. They met, and Moreth got to know Weichert\u2019s work, chose the pictures and prepared the exhibition. The pictures at the show are just one side of the photography of the Brazilian, who takes pictures of everything from exuberant landscapes to planes, public markets, seas, people coming and going, vessels, cities, with a mix of tones and colors very well chosen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quick facts: Contact:<\/strong> Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u201cPortraits\u201d exhibition \u2013 Marcel Weichert
\nMarch 10 to May 30, 2020, 1-9 pm
\nEspa\u00e7o Tarja Preta
\nCinema Reserva Cultural hall
\nSecond floor \u2013 Avenida Visconde do Rio Branco, 880
\nBairro S\u00e3o Domingos \u2013 Niter\u00f3i \u2013 Rio de Janeiro
\nMore information: +55 (21) 3604-1545<\/p>\n
\nwww.marcelweichert.com<\/a>
\nwww.facebook.com\/MarcelWeichertPhotographer\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marcelweichert\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/youpic.com\/photographer\/MarcelWeichert\/<\/a><\/p>\n