Uruguayan-born Brazilian, the Airman is a kind of modern Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He is an energy economist by profession; he has studied in The Netherlands (1991-93) and in England (1995-96). Since 2005 he has been working abroad as consultant on energy regulatory issues.
Photography became his vocation since 1997 and soon after he began to explore the panoramic format. He has participated in many collective exhibitions, such as the Montevideo Urban Intervention Festival 2016, the Dutch GRID Bi-annual international photography festival (2012), the National Salons of Visual Arts of 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2008, the Salto Biennale (2011), the ABC Treehouse Gallery in Amsterdam (2005) and the Cervantes Institute of Utrecht (2005). In 1998 he obtained a Special Mention in the competition “Large Eyes Women” organized by “Mujerahora”. In 2000 he was co-awarded First Prize in the Posdata magazine Photographic Essay Award with his essay «tabula rasa». He held «arboris», his first solo exhibition, at the Engelman-Ost Collection in 2001. In 2002 he received a First Prize in the plastic arts competition of the Uruguay Professional Pension Fund. «amarillo», shown in 2003 at the Zorrilla Museum of Montevideo, was his second solo exhibition. In 2005 he presented «2002», his third solo project, at the National History Museum of Uruguay and at the ArtexArte Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His works can be found in public and private collections in Uruguay, Colombia, England, Israel, Turkey and Hong Kong. For the last seven years he has being working on “the Airman project”, a project done on board using smartphones, and “insensatez”, a project developed at hotel rooms check in-check out times, using 35mm film format. He is currently working on small format using Moleskine notebooks.
Besides photography (in particular, Brazilian, Düsseldorf and Japanese photography), the Airman’s main interests are: Brazilian, Japanese and Middle East art, Japanese and Scandinavian architecture and design, typography, classical music, Tom Waits and David Bowie music, Charles Bukowski poetry, Wim Wenders films, vintage cycling, English humour and culture, and….fine coffee & wine.
As Dr Jekyll he is addressed as carlos costa.
Feel free to contact “the Airman” at: desk@syndicato.org
Follow “the Airman” on Instagram: @syndicatophoto
Photography became his vocation since 1997 and soon after he began to explore the panoramic format. He has participated in many collective exhibitions, such as the Montevideo Urban Intervention Festival 2016, the Dutch GRID Bi-annual international photography festival (2012), the National Salons of Visual Arts of 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2008, the Salto Biennale (2011), the ABC Treehouse Gallery in Amsterdam (2005) and the Cervantes Institute of Utrecht (2005). In 1998 he obtained a Special Mention in the competition “Large Eyes Women” organized by “Mujerahora”. In 2000 he was co-awarded First Prize in the Posdata magazine Photographic Essay Award with his essay «tabula rasa». He held «arboris», his first solo exhibition, at the Engelman-Ost Collection in 2001. In 2002 he received a First Prize in the plastic arts competition of the Uruguay Professional Pension Fund. «amarillo», shown in 2003 at the Zorrilla Museum of Montevideo, was his second solo exhibition. In 2005 he presented «2002», his third solo project, at the National History Museum of Uruguay and at the ArtexArte Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His works can be found in public and private collections in Uruguay, Colombia, England, Israel, Turkey and Hong Kong. For the last seven years he has being working on “the Airman project”, a project done on board using smartphones, and “insensatez”, a project developed at hotel rooms check in-check out times, using 35mm film format. He is currently working on small format using Moleskine notebooks.
Besides photography (in particular, Brazilian, Düsseldorf and Japanese photography), the Airman’s main interests are: Brazilian, Japanese and Middle East art, Japanese and Scandinavian architecture and design, typography, classical music, Tom Waits and David Bowie music, Charles Bukowski poetry, Wim Wenders films, vintage cycling, English humour and culture, and….fine coffee & wine.
As Dr Jekyll he is addressed as carlos costa.
Feel free to contact “the Airman” at: desk@syndicato.org
Follow “the Airman” on Instagram: @syndicatophoto