Bob Wolfenson, the name is gringo, but he’s very Brazilian.Roberto was born in Sao Paulo in 1954 and grew up in the Jewish community.You became Bob in the late 1970s, did you take the nickname?Given by a nice English teacher.? the next decade.
A fotografia apareceu na sua vida quando era ainda muito jovem, aos 16 anos. Começou de baixo, como office boy e assistente de Chico Albuquerque, um dos pioneiros da fotografia publicitária no Brasil, na Editora Abril. Foi com quem começou a aprender o ?ABC? da profissão que o tornaria célebre anos mais tarde, fotografando personalidades e famosos.
- He studied social sciences at the University of Sao Paulo (USP).
- In 1978 he created his first photographic studio.
- Four years passed and Bob Wolfenson mastered photographic art.
- Had already worked with people from Elis Regina to Rita Lee.
- He decided to move to New York.
- Where he became an assistant to American photographer Bill King.
Mas nem tudo foi perfeito com o novo chefe. Bill King era dono de um temperamento sarcástico e estimulava muito a competição (até demais) entre os seus assistentes. Em um desentendimento com um dos colegas que também auxiliava King, Bob abandonou o emprego.
After a year and a half in the United States, Wolfenson returned to Brazil.With some notoriety for having worked with Bill King, he made a place in Brazilian fashion photography with works for Riachuelo and C
Antes mesmo de ter ido a Nova York, ele já tinha feito alguns trabalhos para a revista. Wolfenson e Duran rapidamente alçaram o status de estrela e passaram a ser mega disputados, recebendo altos cachês para fotografar. Nessa época, Bob também foi o autor de séries fotográficas e exposições que lhe renderam inúmeros prêmios.
Dedicated as one of the big names in photography in Brazil, and although he became famous for nude photography, Bob traveled through various spheres of photography, such as portraiture, fashion and street photography, in 2003 he stopped collaborating with Playboy with the magazine.under a new direction, Bob preferred to go his way because he wanted autonomy to carry out his work.
Married and with three daughters, Bob Wolfenson, now 63, managed to traverse different areas of photography without losing its essence: that of a surgical look at the photographed scene, recognized in Brazil and abroad, represents the best of Latin American photography.