PEDRO VILLA
Pedro Villa is a Salvador-born photographer whose work, "O Povo da Feira," portrays the complexity and vitality of the São Joaquim Fair, a space he describes as a vast "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 attendees. Dyslexia and ADHD permeate his creative process, leading him to revisit ideas in fragmented cycles, which he considers a source of innovation. He defines his experience as dyslexic with the word "tremulante," associating it with flashes of light that make him constantly reconfigure his way of thinking and creating.
@PPVILLA.PHOTO
2025
THE PEOPLE OF THE FAIR
The artist's collection of images depicts the São Joaquim Fair in Salvador, Bahia, from a perspective that emphasizes the space as a manifestation of the dialogue between people and objects. Each image has a life of its own, but grows significantly when it engages with the larger whole, recognizing that the proposed location allows for infinite perspectives that explore a sense of being in the world. The photographer who visits that reality feels challenged to create compositions that multiply the viewer's interpretations, as the visually explored territory is, by its very nature, plural.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio | @ocardambrosioinsta
PEDRO VILLA
by himself
Living with dyslexia is like the light flickering, you know, it goes out, comes back on and the moment it comes back on you is wanting to find his place again
