Palmira Puig, also known in Brazil as Palmira Giró, was a Catalan photographer who lived for three decades in Brazil where she was a member of the Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, the predecessor of what would be eventually known as the Paulista School. In addition to her work as a publicist in the Estúdio Giró – along with her husband and fellow photographer Marcel Giró – Puig developed a photographic style which sought artistic expression with its own language. In her photographs – still lifes, landscapes and portraits – one can see features in common with the Paulista School, such as experimenting with the new frames and the play of light and shade, though she also adds an interest in the human figure and daily life, based on a tender observation of the surroundings, as well as the gestures and the tasks carried out by the people being portrayed.
