Pedro Vidal Bavio
Argentyna – Argentina
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Pedro Vidal Bavio was born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981. He got to know pinhole photography in 2005 when his interest on photography in general was increasing significantly. That year he started building pinhole cameras, mainly for 35mm and 120mm film but also for photographic papers.
The results gave him an incentive to continue trying and investigating on that subject. Because of that, he attended several photo courses such as „Curso Básico de Fotografía en ByN” (Basic course in Black and White Photography) and „Seminario de Visión y Composición” (Vision & Composition Seminar) at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Primer Jornada de Fotografía Estenopeica (First Pinhole Photography conference) at Universidad de Quilmes and „Taller de Fotografía Austera” (Austere Photography) at Centro Cultural Lola Mora.
In 2006 he participated for the first time in the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, and he continued doing so every year since.
Some of his work was published in the Mexican newspaper „ Reforma” and in the Argentinian photo magazine „F:22”. He exhibited his pictures at the Museo Histórico Fotográfico de Quilmes and at Peña Fotográfica Rosarina. He also exhibited his work along with Florencia Aguilar at Casa de la Cultura de Merlo and at Centro Cultural Bento Silvério, Florianópolis, Brasil.
In 2009 he was part of the „>Segundo encuentro nacional de fotografía estenopeica” that took place in the San Martín cultural center, CABA, Argentina, and its exhibition that was taken to several other venues in Argentina and Uruguay.
Also that year, he participated in III Ogólnopolski Festiwal Fotografii Otworkowej (OFFO), where he had the chance to meet many great pinhole photographers.
In 2011 he started studying the Professional Photographer career at Motivarte school of photography.