Thomas Jorge Farkas

Place: Budapest

Born: 1924

Death: 2011

Biography:

Thomas Jorge Farkas, born Farkas Tamás György, was a Hungarian-born Brazilian photographer and film producer. He was born in Budapest and grew up in São Paulo, where his parents emigrated in 1930. He studied engineering at the University of São Paulo but opted for a career in photography. He was one of the most active photographers of the Foto Cine Club Bandeirante and became involved in making documentaries during the dictatorship of the 1960s. He embarked on a journey through his country to document its traditions in 1968 and created the São Paulo Photo Gallery in 1979. He was also a professor of photography, photojournalism, and cinema at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo. He died in São Paulo in 2011.