Brazilian-born photographer and curator Elis Taves brought her cameras, and her attention to detail, to Ireland 7 years ago. Her vision as a creator of images and her meticulousness as a compiler of images combines to make her skill set as unique as her own portfolio.
Taves’ hometown of Belo Horizonte, in the southeastern region of Brazil, is as different as Ireland as can be, at least in terms of population: the metropolitan area alone boasts a population of 5.4 million. Yet, the Bray resident has surrounded herself with the Wicklow mountains, much in the same way that her home place was surrounded by the Minas Mountains. She finds many similarities between the two places, and says that, like Ireland, her country of origin ‘has a lot of history and conflict in its past. There are a lot of traditions which are enjoyed and well known throughout the world, for example in music, food, language, culture and sport.’
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