DIJAH ABREU JUNIOR Fine Art P h o t o g r a p h y
DIJAH ABREU JUNIOR Fine Art P h o t o g r a p h y RESUMÉ - PORTFOLIO
RESUMÉ - PORTFOLIO OCTOBER, 2014
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A Q u i c k W o r d... A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t - B i o g r a p h y ARTIST STATEMENT My main reason to be a photographer is to create Fine Art Photographs, which is where my passion lies. A Fine Art Photograph must be artistically inspired and convey some sort of emotional feeling and although technique is important, in the end it is secondary to an emotionally powerful image for the enjoyment of the viewer.
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To make an exceptionally good piece of photographic art, I need to work on processing each one of my images, giving them the personal feelings I experienced while being on a certain location where I made that exposure. To accomplish this, I do every kind of adjustment I judge necessary like working on contrast and on individual colors to give every piece my signature color palette in order to give them a painterly feel, without taking away the aspect of being a photograph. To this end and to satisfy my creativity desire, printing a straight out-of-camera capture is not enough and, while technical aspects such as knowledge of manual exposure, choice of lens, lighting, and other kind of equipment are important, I think art is not a product of a machine but rather a product of a human being filled with emotions. Cont...
A Q u i c k W o r d... A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t - B i o g r a p h y ARTIST STATEMENT Sometimes I deliberately edit some aspects of the photograph, like removing minor elements I judge aesthetically unpleasing, but always avoid adding elements not found in the original framing as this, if done to a certain extent in my personal opinion, may disqualify the piece of work as a photograph and rather being in the realm of illustration. That said, to me some photographic techniques, like stitching several framings together to make a panorama or adding textures via digital layered work are valid as post- processing enhancements. All that taken in consideration, my main goal is not to portray some scenery, be it natural or man-made, exactly as it's presented to me. Instead, I aim to build a piece of art as I would like to envision that very same scenery and by that, invite the viewer to “walk around� inside each piece, thinking how would be like if it's standing there feeling the warmth or coldness of the weather, the wind in his or her face, what has happened or will happen there. In other words, art pieces that makes the viewer feel like as a part of a story yet to be told. Dijah Abreu Junior 2014 Next: Biography
A Q u i c k W o r d... A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t - B i o g r a p h y BIOGRAPHY I was born in a small town called Areia Branca, located at the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, Known for its production of Marine Salt. When I was about to complete Six Years old (I'm about to be 37...), my family moved to the state's capital, Natal, one of the host cities of Soccer World Cup 2014, Where I live since then. After finishing High School, I started Studying Architecture by influence of one of my brothers and the fact that I always loved big building and built spaces and big cities, although I always liked nature and the countryside. During this course at a Federal University, i eventually came in contact with CAD programs, that made me focus my work on modeling and rendering 3d images for Construction companies for their marketing, although my real passion was authorial work, and as we always have to study no matter what field we are in, I used my study time to create 3d renders that earned me some awards, specially back in 2003 when one of my works was published in Ballistic Publishing's ExposĂŠ 3, the best annual for digital art and some minor awards on forums around here in Brazil and a few other international sites. Although my passion was authorial work, I had to make a living out of 3d modeling and rendering so I had to keep doing commercial jobs. Eventually, the programs I use became more and more advanced, with the inclusion of physical based lighting and cameras (with virtual control of shutter speed, iso and aperture), so I had to learn the basics of photography, that's when I came to have my first serious contact with photography. I became so fond of it that I find myself studying more and more about photography, compositions, known photographers... Cont...
A Q u i c k W o r d... A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t - B i o g r a p h y BIOGRAPHY Then came my first trip outside brazil, to London - UK. By then I had a nice enthusiast camera. And as every other tourist, I took a great amount of photos, but of course, in raw and paying attention to the basic rules of framing etc. I came back and I was still in the process of learning how to develop these raw files, but eventually I figured out on my own (I must say I'm quite self taught in many aspects, even in 3d modeling and rendering). I started posting these photos online when I came to known there was a Photography Association here where I live, and started to post photos on their facebook page. The board of directors like how I photographed the architectural details and with different angles of several Historical Buildings in London and Oxford that they invited me to become a member of this association and to make my very first Exhibition: A collection of Photographs showing the abandonment of historical buildings and how most of them are being neglected by the local government. I was not even planning to, but some o f these photographs were bought by some people who attended the exhibition. My first contact with commercial photography was also due to this exhibition. A highly regarded hotel here where I live, asked me to make a series of 20 to 30 photos to market itself for the upcoming summer period, since I live in a coastal city with lots of urban beaches and other paradisiacal ones not far away. I had the permission to post these online and some old friends asked if I could make some real artistic photos of them, And even an ex-boss, who is a director in a local contraction company asked me to shoot a building for a national architecture magazine. All of this happened in a year's time and had to Cont...
A Q u i c k W o r d... A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t - B i o g r a p h y BIOGRAPHY make this all work while also doing my modeling and rendering job... And although the commercial job was rewarding, I still love to do authorial work, that's why I'm leaning towards the Fine Art Market. That requires more than capturing a moment of a scene. You have to put your personal vision and develop your personal style to stand out. My influences range from renaissance pictures, to some designers and Illustrators, Most notably Jean Giraud "Moebius" and H.R. Giger. Moebius has quite an unique style, with sometimes very minimalistic illustrations and other time very detailed ones. I'm also quite fond of old film looks and colors like Kodachrome, and movies like "...Gone With the Wind" And Ben-Hur. I just love these vintage things! However I tend not to mimic those, instead just being inspired by them. I constantly look for images of not very known photographers (there are real talent out there waiting to be discovered!) but I can say the ones who really inspire me are Steve McCurry, Ansel Adams, Brigitte Lacombe, Joey Lawrence, Ken Duncan, and I'm a big fan of the work of Sebasti達o Salgado.
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DIJAH ABREU Jr: Resumé Dijacy ‘’Dijah’’ Abreu Junior Brazilian, single, 37 Natal – Rio Grande do Norte - Brazil Webpage: Main: http://www.dijah-abreu.com/ http://dija.cgsociety.org http://www.wix.com/dijahh/portfolio3d Brazil mobile phone number: +55 84 9175-5529 / E-mail: dijah.jr@gmail.com Skype: dijah.jr Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dijah.junior or http://www.facebook.com/dijah.jr.photo Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/dijabreu/videos
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DIJAH ABREU Jr: Resumé EDUCATION -Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism (1998-2003) UFRN – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte) - Brazil. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE -2007-2012 – FORGE CREATIVE STUDIO Function: Director. Major activities: Development of 3d in general (Architectural Visualization, TV shorts and advertisements, 3d environments), quality control and production management. -2003-2007 – ECOCIL – Empresa de construções Civis (Civil Engineering Enterprise) Architect Felipe Bezerra de Araújo. Function: Assistant Architect. Major Activities: Architectural project Development, research, image manipulation and architectural visualization. -2003-2004 – PROJECTROOM Arquitetura e Comunicação visual Architect Francisco Pereira da Costa Neto Function: Assistant Architect. Major Activities: Architectural project Development, research, image manipulation and architectural visualization.
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-2002-2003 – PROJECTROOM Arquitetura e Comunicação visual – Architect Francisco Pereira da Costa Neto Function: Trainee. Major Activities: Architectural Drawing and architectural visualization. -2001-2002 – Freelancer Major Activities: Services in Architectural Visualization for many architecture offices in Natal/RN -2000-2001 – SINCRONIC Arquitetura – Eduardo Grunauer e Kenya Fernandes Grunauer Function: Trainee Major Activities: Architectural Drawing, interior design. -1999-2000 – UFRN – Laboratório de Conforto Ambiental – (Architectural Acoustics laboratory) Dr. Architect Virginia Maria Dantas de Araújo Function: Assistant. Major Activities: Helping graduate Architecture students on graduating Jobs And Research in the Field of Architectural Acoustics.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES -ENGLISH – Fluent -AutoCad mid-level/Advanced – Professional Experience -Advanced knowledge in Image Manipulation (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and similar softwares) – Professional experience. -Advanced Knowledge in modeling, lighting, texturing and rendering optimization of 3D scenes, including 3D environments and Architectural Visualization, with advanced knowledge in packages as Autodesk 3ds MAX, Chaos group V-Ray and max's implementation of Mental Images Mental Ray. Intermediate experience in Autodesk Softimage e Autodesk Maya.
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DIJAH ABREU Jr: Resumé
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -Published works: “Sleepy Hollow Western Forests”, published in the section “Environments 3D” from the book “Exposé 3” (Ballistic Publishing - ISBN – Limited Edition: 1-9210021-15-8; Hard Cover: 1-9210021-3-1; Soft Cover: 1-92100210-4-x) “Temple at Sunset” and “Abu Simbel Great Temple”, published in the book “Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Bible” (Wiley - ISBN-10: 0470100893; ISBN-13: 978-0470100899) -Several “Front Pages” Awards on http://forums.cgsociety.org/ forums. -Several “Front Pages” Awards on www.3d4all.org (Brazilian forums). -2009 July's “Artist of the Month” on www.3d4all.org
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