Saulo Tenório, a Brazilian photographer permanently based in Canada, has always had the necessity of expressing his creativity through different subjects. A graduate architect passionate about visual arts, Saulo created a comfortable and stable career in the corporate world of architecture. This foundation allowed him to become more experimental and selective with the subjects he wished to address and the projects he wanted to pursue within his vision of photography.
The curated pictures come from a personal and intimate reflection on the human body, with a focus on light and how it affects the subject, the scene, and the surroundings. His approach to lighting has always been crucial while in the process of picturing; Saulo specifically chooses the hour of the day to achieve the best results.
"WE SCULPT THE BODY WITH LIGHT, REMOVING CONTEXT TO REVEAL FORM. A STUDY OF VULNERABILITY AND STRENGTH."
In his work, Saulo explores the interaction of light and body expressed in the form of texture, contrast, and color. The “Lights and Humans” project enhances the natural beauty of bodies—whether suggesting female or male traits—in natural outdoor or indoor habitats.
The goal is contemplating a being in the most humble, vulnerable, and natural sense, allowing the person to unclothe themselves, but also their fears, incertitudes, and stigmas along the way. Through nude pictures, the bodies are explored in a variety of natural positions.
Although Saulo has a very artistic vision when it comes to scene composition, subjects are empowered to express themselves with unpremeditated poses during the shooting. This empowered exposure was made to free them from beauty diktats, revealing themselves in their purest and most elegant forms. Deprived of judgment and comments, the subjects show—according to their own terms—their stories, their authenticities, and their vulnerabilities.