Orson Welles during the filming of It’s All True in Brazil in 1942. (Photo by Chico Albuquerque)
A new museum in Fortaleza, Brazil, will focus its attention on historical photography and include images shot during the filming of Orson Welles’ It’s All True.
The Museum of Photography in Fortaleza, funded through a private initiative, will be dedicated primarily to education. It will house an auditorium and library and offer workshops with professionals, according to Estadão Conteúdo.
Entrepreneur Silvio Frota has amassed a collection of 2,000 historical photographs, which will be exhibited at the museum.
Frota’s collection includes 22 photos taken by renowned Brazilian photographer Chico Albuquerque (1917-2000). Some of these were taken during the filming of It’s All True in 1942.
It’s All True reportedly had a great impact on Albuquerque, who returned to Fortaleza a decade later to photograph the lives of the jangadeiros. His 1952 series of photographs depicting the struggles of the poor fishermen are considered among the award-winning photographer’s finest work.
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