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15 February until 8 March 2024. Galeria da Kulungwana, Maputo (Mozambique): «RICARDO RANGEL: ENTREGUE ÀS PAIXÕES». The exhibition and homage to Ricardo Rangel includes the presentation of the documentary «NO FLASH. Homage to Ricardo Rangel» by Bruno Z'Graggen and Angelo Sansone (2012)

Ricardo Rangel (15.02.1924–11.06.2009)

Ricardo Rangel was one of the most important photographers in sub-Saharan Africa at the time. The exhibition «Ricardo Rangel: Surrendered to passions» at the gallery of Kulungwana curated by Jorge Dias (Dir. of the Centro Cultural Brasil-Moçambique / Instituto Guimarães Rosa, Maputo) pays tribute to the centenary of the birth of Ricardo Rangel (1924–2009). It provides a unique opportunity to reflect on Rangel's significant contribution to photography and photojournalism in Mozambique. Each image in the exhibition bears witness to the many passions that drove Ricardo Rangel: his passion for freedom, justice, love and humanity.

Bruno Z'Graggen curated in cooperation with the photographer Grant Lee Neuenburg (Maputo) the exhibition «Iluminando Vidas. Fotografia Moçambicana 1950–2001. Ricardo Rangel & the Next Generation» (incl. catalogue), which was shown 2002 at Photoforum PasquArt in Bienne (Switzerland) followed by a presentation 2003 in Maputo at the Galeria de Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia (AMF), both in presence of Ricardo Rangel, and many other venues in Europe and Africa.

The curator Bruno Z'Graggen realized together with the film-maker and producer Angelo Sansone (Zurich) a documentary and homage on Ricardo Rangel entitled «NO FLASH. Homage to Ricardo Rangel». The film had its world premiere on 22 March 2012 in Maputo at the Centro Cultural Franco-Mozambicano (CCFM). «NO FLASH» is shown during the exhibition at Galeria of Kulungwana.

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Ricardo Rangel, Maputo 2003. Image: Angelo Sansone