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Always a Painter

Joao de Castro
Portugal

Honorable Mention

"Always a Painter"

"My wife is a painter who is now suffering from breast cancer. After eight months of despair, pain and courage, a lot of courage, she got paint back on her hands and on her forehead too. She's back."


Biography: "I love life. Since childhood, women have always captivated me - beginning with my mother and her friends, and later through images like those in French Photo. I’ve always envisioned them in vivid, imaginative ways. "I see women as free, confident and my accomplices in expanding the boundaries of reality with daring creativity. "Music, cinema, a bustling city, a new journey - these inspire me. My process is constant, whether awake or dreaming, filled with fantastic and often comic visions. "Life is intense... so let’s have fun!" Represented by...

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