i'm lucas. the one behind the camera.
let’s face it, who I am should be the least relevant thing here. still reading? ok.
i am a photographer based in Rio, Brazil, focused in shooting street photography.
from the very first time i got my hands on my first camera, in 2014, i became obsessed with photography as an art form.
since then and heavily impacted by the works of vivian maier, cartier-bresson, thomaz farkas and marcel gautherot (among many others) I strived to find powerful images hidden in our everyday world.
my gear.
yes, we all know that this is probably the most asked question ever for every photographer out there. to be honest, as every beginner, i was once highly critical of my own work and blamed every issue on the entry-level gear that i had. i firmly believed that a new lens or a better camera would immediately improve my photography.
sure, these investments unlock new creative opportunities and can help a lot (i am looking at you sony eye-af), but even years later, some of my favourite photos were taken with kit lenses, in my first nikon.
it is not, and will never be, about gear.