Art, Photography

23\10\2014
Written by Daan Rombaut



Astonishing Self Portraits by pro skater Fabiano Rodrigues

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Fabiano Rodrigues is a Sao-Paulo based skateboarder and photographer with a fantastic eye for composition – especially in his self portraits. The thirty year old first stood in front of the camera before choosing to stand behind it. During his tours of Europe and Brazil as a professional skateboarder, he was regularly seen photographing other doing tricks. Soon he became interested in motion, composition and architecture. His Tumblr features brilliant shots of other athletes doing their thing, next to a series of self portraits that show him doing tricks and catching airtime in locations with astonishing architecture. Rodrigues shoots with a medium format Hasselblad and wireless remote control. After framing the scene, Rodrigues grabs his board, performs a trick, and then uses the remote to trip the camera’s shutter at the apex. Note the framing of the images, the play of light and shadow and the architectural beauty of its surroundings. Each photo is printed just once. His work is available from the Logo Gallery in Sao Paulo. More images after the break.

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