Not All Girls like Pink by Helena Granjo

July, 5th – 13h30 – 14h00 – Opening Exihibition ‘Not All Girls like Pink’

Artist: Helena Granjo

Price: Free.

Local: Domination Room [Bar dos Professores], Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Porto

Description: Not all girls like pink, not all girls like romantic comedies, not all girls want to be pretty little princesses, but strong warrior queens instead, and that´s how I look at these wonderful performers on a big stage sometimes in front of thousands of people; that’s how I look at the happy girls in the audience, headbanging, crowdsurfing without a care in the world, without worrying if they had put some make up on, if the clothes are getting dirty, if the hair looks in place. I want to show women being themselves in an alternative environment, free of stereotypes and prejudice, seen as equals whether on a stage or on a moshpit somewhere. Through my photographs I hope people can feel the strength and the energy, the emotion and depth that all these people that pass before my eyes exude. Through these photographs I hope to inspire other women, other girls to be whatever they want, whoever they want.

Helena Granjo describes herself like this: ‘I’m a self-taught photographer with a degree in English and German, could have been a teacher but due to some circumstances in my life I decided to find myself a normal job to pay the bills. As an attempt to overcome this “normality” and as I always loved music and photography, in 2008 I decided to start photographing concerts I went, nothing serious using a small camera, just something to improve my experience as a fan. I started out going to small concerts of friends that had bands and after a while I began doing photo reports for some online media and attending bigger gigs. In 2011 I bought a new and better camera and started photographing in a more serious way, concerts, festivals and dance shows, plays, mainly related to alternative themes or cultures. I work with some online media like Vice Portugal, Festivais de Verão, Rua de Baixo and last year I published a small photography book printed in Riso called ‘Music is a big fucking deal’’.

URL: https://www.facebook.com/helenagranjophotography/

https://helena-granjo.format.com/

https://www.vice.com/pt/article/qvvwax/vagos-e-aqui-caralho-metal-fest?utm_source=vicefbpt

https://www.vice.com/pt/article/53p93a/o-swr-barroselas-deste-ano-deu-umas-fotos-incriveis

https://www.vice.com/pt/article/mvdmvn/entremuralhas-e-entre-goticos