Renan Teles' "Esmeraldas não é Cohab porque tem elevador" Featured in ZUM Magazine with Text by Lilia Guerra
Renan Teles' photographic series "Esmeraldas não é Cohab porque tem elevador" (2017–26) is highlighted in Revista ZUM, alongside Lilia Guerra's essay titled "Cidade Prematura." The project, which received backing from the Programa Valorização de Iniciativas Culturais (VAI), was created by Nalu Rosa and Rogério Teles de Melo and showcases residents of the Esmeraldas housing complex in São Paulo, featuring individuals like Eduardo Formiguinha and Marina de Jesus. Teles emphasizes the affordability of the project, which included photography beyond Esmeraldas. Guerra, who moved to a Cohab in São Paulo in 1986, was born in 1976 and published "O céu para os bastardos" (2023). Teles also participated in the 36th Bienal de São Paulo (2025) and exhibited at Centro Cultural São Paulo and Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade.
Key facts
- The series "Esmeraldas não é Cohab porque tem elevador" spans 2017–26 and is published in Revista ZUM
- It was created as part of the Fotografia Popular Brasileira project with support from the VAI program of São Paulo's Secretaria Municipal de Cultura e Economia Criativa
- Production was by Nalu Rosa and Rogério Teles de Melo
- Renan Teles, born in São Paulo in 1986, participated in the 36th Bienal de São Paulo (2025) with the collective Vilanismo
- Teles exhibited the series at Centro Cultural São Paulo in 2021 and "Fotografia popular brasileira" at Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade in 2018
- Lilia Guerra, born in São Paulo in 1976, wrote the accompanying text "Cidade Prematura"
- Guerra's "O céu para os bastardos" (Todavia, 2023) was a finalist for the Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura in 2024
- The series depicts residents of the Esmeraldas complex and includes photographs made outside it, including in Osasco
Entities
Artists
- Renan Teles
- Lilia Guerra
- Nalu Rosa
- Rogério Teles de Melo
- Eduardo Formiguinha
- Marina de Jesus
- MariRua
- Gabi Canutto
- Gabi Canuto
- Ágatha
- Ághata
- Kiara
- Jordan
- Felipe Carneiro
- Alex Tacoberry
- Emerson Toco
- Jefferson
- Chase
- Melinka
- Naya
- Ellen
- Ader
- João
- Egito
- Ivete
- Lívia
- Isabella
- Tayná
- Rogério
- Carol
- Esther
- Rayane
- Cândida
- Zulu
- Cardeal
- Dona Santina
- Dona Perla
- Seu Hermínio
- Carlão
Institutions
- Revista ZUM
- Fotografia Popular Brasileira
- Programa Valorização de Iniciativas Culturais (VAI)
- Secretaria Municipal de Cultura e Economia Criativa de São Paulo
- 36a Bienal de São Paulo
- Vilanismo
- Centro Cultural São Paulo
- Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade
- Companhia de Habitação Popular (Cohab)
- Cohab/SP
- Filhos da Santa
- Passos Periféricos
- Patuá
- Todavia
- Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura
- Flashback FM
- Secalux
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Osasco
- Taubaté
- Bahia
- Esmeraldas
- Cohab
- Bloco C
- Bloco 4
- Bloco 6
- Bloco 9
- Bloco 11
Sources
- ZUM IMS —