PEDRO VILLA
Pedro Villa is a photographer born in Salvador whose work, *O Povo da Feira* (The People of the Fair), portrays the complexity and vitality of the São Joaquim Fair, a space he describes as a large "contraption" where religions, objects, and people intertwine. Fascinated by the chaotic yet integrated nature of the place, he sought to capture its diversity through a journalistic lens, after gaining the trust and permission of the fairgoers. Dyslexia and ADHD influence his creative process, leading him to revisit ideas in fragmented cycles, which he considers a source of innovation. He defines his experience as dyslexic by the word "trembling," associating it with flashes of insight that constantly reconfigure his way of thinking and creating.
@PPVILLA.PHOTO
2025
THE PEOPLE OF THE FAIR
The collection of images presented by the artist portrays the São Joaquim Fair in Salvador, Bahia, from a perspective that prioritizes the space as a manifestation of the dialogue between people and objects. Each image has an autonomous life, but grows significantly when it interacts with the whole, within the perspective that the proposed place allows for infinite visions that discuss a feeling of being in the world. There is a perception of the photographer who visits that reality, challenging himself to create compositions that multiply the observer's interpretations, because the visually researched territory is, by its very nature, plural.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio | @oscardambrosioinsta
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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PEDRO VILLA
Living with dyslexia is like a light flickering, you know, it goes out, comes back on, and then when it comes back on you...
is trying to get his bearings again
