Patricio Guzmán Campos

Patricio Guzmán Campos Trailers

Dear Silvia Trailer

Patricio Guzmán Campos was a Chilean photographer, documentary filmmaker and cinematographer with a long international career. He portrayed the reality of Chile from 1958 to 1973 through photography and film. During the 60's he became a key collaborator to filmmaker Joris Ivens in the multiple films he made in Chile during the early 60's, which were produced by the Center of Experimental Film of the University of Chile and Argos Films. In 1974, after the coup, he went into exile in Hungary. In 1980 he emigrated to Canada, the country where he eventually passed away in 2014. Part of his career was linked to the Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, whom he photographed on various occasions. He is considered to be one of the greatest figures of Chilean social photography.

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Valparaiso Trailer (1964)

31 August 1964

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films.

La Universidad en la Antartica Trailer (1962)

25 June 1962

An expedition to an antarctic base.

Dear Silvia Trailer (2021)

01 December 2021

Photographer Patricio Guzmán Campos has died in exile. Silvia edited his retrospective book a few years ago and after learning about Patricio's death, she sits down to read again the letters he sent her, in which he reveals the feelings and reflections provoked by facing his photography during the process of making the book, where he sees a place that has been taken away from him, but which he tries to hold on to through his memories.

Juan Maula y el Garrudo Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

A peasant without money or work, sells his soul to "El Garrudo" in order to get wealth and marry the young and beautiful Petita.

Le train de la victoire Trailer (1964)

19 July 1964

A film about Salvador Allende's 1964 presidential campaign.

The Small Tent Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

Shot alongside "À Valparaíso," "The Small Tent" observes a small circus performance perched high above the city and focuses on the faces and reactions of the children in its audience.