Peer Hanslik

Ipanema
Peer Hanslik shows people on the beaches along the South Atlantic Ocean; in Ipanema / Rio de Janeiro.
Shot contre-jour, the bathing people become anonymous protagonists of a distant, almost monochrome world. These are pictures well beyond the kitschy stereotypes of beach and club holidays. It is the human being that is important, feeling like a child again and enjoying a moment of sheer happiness.

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Rio Nights
Peer Hanslik evokes emotional, filmic snaps, captured in distinctive locations of night life in Rio de Janeiro. The tropic heat, the city’s lascivious hunger for life manifests itself in these candid shots. Life takes place right here, right now.