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In
the search of new borders to enrich his
universes of knowledge, as a biologist,
as well as a photographer, Glauco Caon
joint scientific expeditions to the archipelagos
of São Pedro & São Paulo
and Fernando de Noronha, in the oceanic
limits of the Brazil. The photographic
images that he presents here take us to
some wild life daily details in these
small oceanic shelters, which are these
archipelagos, as well as register the
presence of the men, with their boats,
their fishing and their installations
hosted in these places. These photographs,
which constitute the photographic essay
"Oceanic Shelters", present
us scenes of wild life´s intense
boiling instants, which come togheter
with the plasticity of terrestrial landscapes´
volcanic forms of the archipelagoes, with
the Atlantic Ocean as background.
Since
1995 Glauco carries through researches
related to biology and aquatic mammals
conservation. The photograph has always
been an important tool in the register
and documentation of his work. Graduated
in 1998 on Biological Sciences, currently
he is finishing his Phd in the Department
of Physiology of the Federal University
of the Rio Grande do Sul(UFRGS), Brazil.His
studies involve four species: the whales
frank of the south (Eubalaena australis)
and jubarte (Megaptera novaeangliae),
the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei)
and the boto-cinza (Sotalia fluviatilis).
He also participates of projects in
other regions of Brazil. Since 2000
he is part of Brazilian Antartic Program(PROANTAR/SECIRM),
participating of the Project Whales
coordinated by Prof. Dr. Eduardo R.
Secchi (MORG). Recently he was invited
by the Photography Center of UFRGS,
to be professor of the extension course:
Photography of Nature and Biology,
that will be offered in the year of
2008. Mario Bitt-Monteiro
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