My grandfather was one of the pioneer photographers in the state capital where I was born. At that time, around 1940, photography was a totally manual art. From the camera itself to the development process with chemical developers in a dark room, and then, of course, the final treatment of the photo. In this last step, my grandfather was really an expert. He would hand colour the skin, the lips, highlighting the people he photographed. I grew up handling your photos in family albums and his work collections. I always admired his work. Following up on my grandfather’s beautiful work, I took several courses in professional photography, design, and of course…photoshop. My grandfather, who proudly now is 97 years old, asked me countless times: “But how do the photos come out of the computer? How do you develop them? But I used to paint and treated the photos with brush and ink…” Good times, grandpa. But now technology has taken over, and here I am with my digital gallery for anyone to see anywhere in the world…. on the left, my favourite grandpa photo of my great-grandfather.
