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Antonio Salcedo Reyes is a Colombian photographer, born January 3rd, 1943 in Sogamoso, Boyac\u00e1. His fascination with photography began in his early childhood when his mother took him to his granduncle\u2019s photography studio, where she worked as an assistant. As recalled by the artist: \u201cWe entered the darkroom and for the first time I saw how, out of nowhere, as if by an act of magic, an image would appear on the paper. That moment was absolutely unforgettable for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
His passion for photography flourished in the city of Bogota at the age of 17 when he acquired his first camera\u2014a Voigtl\u00e4nder (with a bellows mechanism). Antonio is a self-taught artist, who learned photography by reading about it, at a time when there weren\u2019t schools or universities in Bogota offering a formal program in the art. A few years later Antonio launched his career as a photographer and purchased his first 35 mm photo enlarger, turning one of the bathrooms in his house into a darkroom where he would spend much of his free time in the years to come.<\/p>\n
Since 1968, Antonio began his professional career in the field of advertising photography.<\/p>\n
At the end of high school, Antonio decided to explore another form of artistic expression and he signed up to study theatre at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramatico. This decision led to his early work as an actor and director of several theatre groups. Theatre awoke in Antonio another level of creativity and elevated his sense of social awareness.<\/p>\n
In 1978, Antonio founded the first school of photography in the city of Bogot\u00e1, which he called \u201cTaller Zona V\u201d (an homage to the American photographer Ansel Adams<\/a> (1902-1984), co-creator of the Zone System) where he taught for several years. In 1979 he was also appointed professor of photography for the department of Social Communications of Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, also in Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n