Pantaleón Astiazarán

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Pantaleón Astiazarán (born May 1, 1948 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan photographer .

Astiazarán, who uses the signature Panta Astiazarán for his works , began working as an independent photographer in 1970. His photographs have been published in Brazil in Veja , O Estado de San Paulo and Zero Hora . He was also featured in Panorama, which was published in Buenos Aires at that time. He successfully completed a medical degree in 1976, later trained in diving medicine in France and settled in Brazil the following year in order to pursue his professional activity in this field until 1991. Since 1980 he has also worked for the French company COMEX on projects in Brazil, Africa and Europe. In 1992 Astiazarán, who had already published a photography book with the title Como agua entre as mâos in 1980, gave up his profession as a doctor and from then on devoted himself entirely to photography. He worked in this field for the newspaper Alternativa , Brecha and from 1985 to 1997 for El País Cultural . From 1995 he was a photo editor and editorial consultant at Tres magazine . Five years later he started working as a photo editor for the Latin American division of Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Astiazarán participated in numerous group exhibitions. From 1975 to approx. 2002, Astiazarán, who has also been represented in the Museo Virtual de Artes El País (MUVA) since 1997 , also has around 20 solo exhibitions.

Publications

  • 1980: Como agua entre as mâos

Exhibitions (excerpt)

Group exhibitions

  • XXIV. Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas
  • XXIII. Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas
  • XXXIV. Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas

Solo exhibitions

  • 1977: 18 pintores uruguayos
  • 1977: El gaucho y su medio
  • 1979: Paris des gens, Paris des rues in Rio de Janeiro
  • 1991: L'Amerique latine, entre Dieu e la diable in Marseille
  • 1992: Retratos 1971-1992
  • 1993: Fiesta en el desierto
  • 1994: Latinoamérica y Dios in Curitiba, Brazil
  • 1995: Sic transit

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christies auction catalog with information on Astiazarán
personal data
SURNAME Astiazarán, Pantaleón
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay