By Marion Jackson

Brazilian photographer and educator, AntÙnio Ferreira da Silva Neto [pronunciation: NEH-toh], is a visiting artist at the department of art and art history, Feb. 1-25.

Using his own penetratingly sensitive photographs to convey the contemporary African Brazilian experience, Neto offers a free public lecture entitled "Bahia - The Warm Heart of African Brazilian Culture" on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. in the DeRoy Auditorium.

A native of Bahia, Brazil, Neto is coordinator of the programs in Graphic Design and Industrial Design at the State University of Bahia (UNEB) and teaches design, photography, and photojournalism at the State University of Bahia, the University of Salvador (UNIFACS), and the Social Sciences Faculty of Bahia (FSBA). He holds an MFA from the Federal University of Bahia and a degree in psychoanalysis from the Brazilian School of Psychoanalysis. His mysteriously penetrating photographs of the street life of Bahia have been featured in numerous exhibitions in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo, and at the University of Beilefeld in Germany.

During his three-week visiting artist residency, Professor Neto will work with students and faculty in the photography program and will be a Visiting Fellow in the university's Humanities Center. An exhibition of his photographs will be on display in the photography program's fourth floor corridor gallery of Old Main, Feb.7 -22.

His visit is sponsored by the World Bridge Global Grant Program and is coordinated by Professors Mame Jackson and Marilyn Zimmerman.