Scarlet macaw perched on a branch, Foz do Iguaçu

Brasil

Applied AI,
documentary
photography.

G.S. Reis — I'm Geise. Documentary photographer. I work slow — watching, waiting, keeping things in sequence.

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01.

Photography

Fotografia

Selvagem

— the wild 03 frames

Scarlet macaw close portrait — Arara · Foz do Iguaçu

Two gulls in flight over the sea — Gaívotas

Blue-eyed cat on rocks — Gato · olhos azuis

Pescadores

— a photo essay 13 frames

Fishermen launching a rowing boat through surf — Launch

Boat rowing on steady blue water — Steady

Green wall of water rising behind the boat — Green wall

Net trailing behind the boat as the seine is laid — Laying the seine

Crew standing around the boat, gesturing — Planning

Boat driving through dramatic spray — Through spray

Men on the beach hauling in the net — Hauling

Crew walking the boat back to shore — Landing

Close-up of fishermen's legs and hands hauling the seine — Hauling · detail

Fishermen sorting the catch on the sand — Sorting

The catch of fish piled on sand — The catch

A morning at Praia de Bombinhas, Santa Catarina. Artisanal seine fishing — pesca de arrasto — practised by coastal communities here for generations. Shot in a single session, kept in sequence.

Circus

— a photo essay 11 frames

Solo clown performer under a single spotlight — Clown · solo

Circus performers in elaborate costumes, one lifted by two others — Ensemble · lift

Acrobat lying on floor spinning a luminous hoop with feet raised — Hoop · spin

Contortionist folded on a circus table, face upturned to camera — Contortion · table

Contortionist with one leg raised perfectly vertical on table — Contortion · vertical

Two performers with a bicycle on the circus floor — Bicycle · duo

Performer standing on bicycle pedals, arms extended for balance — Bicycle · balance

Juggler in patchwork jester costume, balls blurred in motion — Juggler

One performer watches another contort on a circus table, empty seats behind — Table · witness

Contortionist in handstand on table, striped tights — Handstand

Performers striding across the ring in sequined costumes amid stage smoke — Ensemble · motion

2020 took colour from the world — and with it, the circus. These images were made from longing: for the lights, the impossible bodies, the joy. The beauty is still there. The colours are just resting.

Costa

— the coast 03 frames

Row of stored fishing canoes on sand — Hulls at rest

Urbano

— urban 03 frames

Hungerford Bridge in London at night, black and white — Hungerford Bridge · London

Tall buildings looking up at night, city lights — Noite urbana

Silhouetted cyclist riding along the shore at sunset

“A morning at the sea, a camera, the good weight of silence.”— Closing frame, Bombinhas

02.

About me

Sobre

A short biography

Geise Reis — photographer and researcher

I'm Geise. Trained first as a pharmacist, then as a molecular scientist — Master's in Molecular Medicine at UFMG, PhD sandwich program at Newcastle University — and now specializing in applied AI at UFV. What stays constant is attention: slow, methodical, documentary attention to the thing in front of me.

I work from Brazil, in three languages: Portuguese natively, English as my working language, and Spanish professionally.

Also

A versatile writer with ten books published

Fiction, poetry, and educational titles across the past decade.

And

A singer and musician in the duo Covered Up With Clouds

Slow songs, layered guitars, two voices. Released on YouTube and streaming platforms.

04 — Contact

Write to me. Slowly is fine.

[email protected]

Preferred channel for anything that needs thinking about.

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@gsreisdigital

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Brazil

GMT−3. Available remote, worldwide.

Applied AI, documentary photography.

Write to me. Slowly is fine.

Applied AI,
documentary
photography.