Rio Night Fever #019, 2017

Vincent Rosenblatt  

Rio Night Fever #019
Yolo Love Party, Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro 2017  - 60 x 40 cm - edition 1/8.

This photograph portrays an intimate moment, capturing the raw essence of connection and desire. The composition centers on a couple locked in a passionate embrace. The man, partially veiled in shadow and a cap, uses his T-shirt to obscure his face, adding an element of mystery. The woman, facing away, reveals a striking mass of blue braided hair cascading down her back. Her attire, a minimalist, form-fitting black garment, accentuates her confident posture. The setting suggests a vibrant, possibly urban environment, with muted lighting and brick walls evoking a sense of clandestine excitement. The dynamic positioning of their hands and bodies conveys a powerful narrative of unity and immediacy. This artwork is a bold exploration of intimacy and anonymity, skillfully balancing the tension between concealment and revelation.

This photograph is part of the “Funk! Um grito de ousadia & liberdade" exhibition at the Museu da Lingua Portuguesa in São Paulo, until the 30th of August 2026.

Vincent Rosenblatt, born a Parisian, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  He studied at the National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA) in the Atelier of Lesly Hamilton where he graduated in 2001. Rosenblatt moved to Rio de Janeiro and set up a photography workshop: 'Olhares do Morro' on the hills of the Santa Marta favela, providing a place where local youth could develop and study photography - from 2002 to 2008. While working as a photojournalist, Vincent documented the underground Baile Funk scene and fringe urban cultures in Brazil since 2005, when he began a collaboration with the Rio organizers of Baile Funk, dj's and dancers.

Personal exhibitions:

- Galerie Salon H, Paris, 2025

- Tropisme, Montpellier, 2025

- Galerie Pierre Passebon
- Galerie du Passage, Paris, 2022
- Alliance Française - Rio de Janeiro, 2022
- Galeria da Gavea - Rio de Janeiro, 2020
- Centro Cultural Internacional of Panama City, 2019
- SESC Madureira in Rio de Janeiro, 2016
- SESC Madureira in Rio de Janeiro, 2016
- CACP - Vila Pérochon in Niort, France, 2015
- Alliance Française - Rio de Janeiro, 2014

- MEP (European House of Photography), Paris, 2011

Collective exhibition:
- "Funk! Um grito de liberdade e ousadia", Museu da Lingua Portuguesa, 2026
- "Clubbing", Grand-Palais Immersif, Paris, 2025
- "Funk! Un cri de liberté", Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lilles, France 2025
- "Funk! Um grito de liberdade e ousadia", Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (MAR), 2024
- “Dance and music", Galerie du Jour, Fondation Agnès B, Paris, 2023
- “Electro" - Philarmonie de Paris, 2019
- Historias Afro-Atlanticas - MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo), 2018
- “Designing Club Culture 1960-Today" - Vitra Design Museum, Germany 2018
- “Rio, a peace of France" MAR (Rio Art Museum), 2015
- "Made by Brazilians, feito por brasileiros", Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo, 2014.