1938
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29.
Alécio de Andrade’s parents wedding, Rio de Janeiro, 1935.
Alécio de Andrade’s parents wedding, Rio de Janeiro, 1935.
Alécio (aged 3) and his sister Andiara (aged 4), Rio de Janeiro, 1941.
Alécio with his brother Roberto and his two sisters, Andiara (the eldest) and Naruna, Rio de Janeiro, 1949.
Rio de Janeiro (Leblon), 1947.
Alécio and his younger sister, Naruna, Fazenda da Floresta, Juiz da Fora (Minas Gerais), circa 1951-52.
1957 – 1959
Law studies at the Faculdade de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, known at the time as the Faculdade de Direito do Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Alécio, Joel da Silva Maia and Jorge Dino, Rio de Janeiro, 1956.
Teresópolis, 1960.
1960 – 1963
Publishes poems in various Rio de Janeiro literary magazines.
Rio de Janeiro (Leblon), 1964.
Poem by Alécio de Andrade, 1960s. He published his first poems under the pen-name André Campos (a combination of André Gide and Álvaro de Campos).
Poem by Alécio de Andrade, 1960s.
Poem by Alécio de Andrade, 1960s.
1960
Member of the jury for the IPASE (Retirement and Pension Institute for Civil Servants) Poetry Contest, chaired by the poet Paulo Mendes Campos in Rio de Janeiro, organised by the Labour Ministry.
1961
Awarded the Second Poetry Prize by the « Primeira Semana de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro », adjudicated by the poets Vinícius de Moraes and Cecília Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Photography emerges as his main interest.
Rio de Janeiro (Largo do Boticário), 1960s.
1963 – 1964
Employed by the film director Adolpho Celi as chief stills photographer for Marafa, Millôr Fernandes’ screen version of the novel by Marques Rebelo.
Commissioned by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture to prepare his first solo exhibition on the theme of childhood, Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância, to be shown in Brazil and then in Europe.
Exhibition invitation for Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância, 1964.
Exhibition invitation for Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância, 1964.
Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, 1964.
1964
Accompanies touring exhibition Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância to Europe.
Awarded scholarship by the French Government to study at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques, Paris.
Settles as a permanent resident in Paris to become a freelance photographer.
Exhibition invitation for Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância, 1964.
Exhibition invitation for Alécio de Andrade – Itinerário da Infância, 1964.
Paris, 1969.
Letter requesting scholarship for IDHEC, Rio de Janeiro, 28 February 1964.
Letter requesting scholarship for IDHEC, Rio de Janeiro, 28 February 1964.
Carlos Drummond de Andrade endorses Alécio’s scholarship request for IDHEC, Rio de Janeiro, 28 February 1964.
Paris, 1965.
Paris, 1969.
Paris, 1977. © Jane Evelyn Atwood
Alécio and Pelé, Paris, Jeune Afrique, 13 April 1971.
Paris, 1972.
Paris, 1975.
Paris (Jacques Prévert’s hanging garden), 1976. © Juliet Wilson
Paris, 1991.
Paris, 1990.
1966 – 1973
Foreign correspondent (photojournalist) for Brazilian weekly Manchete.
Cover by Alécio de Andrade, Manchete, 1 June 1968.
Alécio de Andrade with his sister Naruna, La Coupole, Paris, 1968.
1970 – 1976
Associate member of Magnum-Photos.
Ian Berry, Alécio, Costa Manos and Burk Uzzle, Magnum, Paris, 1970s.
Magnum, Paris, 1972. © Pedro Pinheiro Guimarães
1979
Publication of a monograph, Alécio de Andrade – Fotografias, « O Que Alécio Vê », poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Fundação Nacional de Arte, Ministério de Educação e Cultura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1981
Photographic Excellence Award is conferred on the German edition (Paris – Bilder eines poetischen Alltags) of Paris – Essence of an Image, essay by Julio Cortázar and photographs by Alécio de Andrade at the Special Photo Book Show, Stuttgart Book Week, Germany.
Paris, 1991.
1983
Awarded a grant by the commission nationale du Fonds d’Incitation à la Création (FIACRE) from the French Ministry of Culture to produce a photography book on childhood.
1986
Publication of a monograph, Enfances, text by Françoise Dolto, photographs by Alécio de Andrade, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, France.
1986 – 1993
Phonogram International – Philips : Portraits of Alfred Brendel for record covers, promotional literature and advertising.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
Phonogram International – Philips : portraits of Alfred Brendel.
1992
Awarded a grant by the Fondation Crédit Lyonnais, administered by the Fondation de France, to produce a photography book on the Louvre Museum.
Paris, 1994.
1994
Phonogram International – Philips : 8 Portraits of Sviatoslav Richter on the occasion of his 80th birthday for a limited boxed edition of 21 CDs entitled Sviatoslav Richter – The Authorised Recordings, promotional literature and advertising.
Phonogram International – Philips : Portraits of Sviatoslav Richter
1965 – 2002
Regular contributor to the following publications : Elle, Figaro Madame, Géo, Le Nouvel Observateur, Lui, Marie-Claire, Options, Peuple et Culture, Photo, Réalités (France) ; Il Tempo, Nuova Fotografia, Progresso Fotografico (Italy) ; Stern (Germany) ; American Photographer, Fortune, Newsweek (United States) ; Fatos e Fotos, IstoÉ, Jornal do Brasil, Veja (Brazil).
Paris, 1990s.
2003
Alécio de Andrade passes away in Paris on August 6.
Paris, 1998. © Flavio-Shiró