The researcher, the professor and the photographer: an interview with Boris Kossoy

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v20i1p147-160

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In this interview granted to Matrizes journal, arranged shortly after he received the title of Professor Emeritus from ECA/USP in September 2025, Kossoy revisits aspects of his intellectual trajectory and comments on shifts in the way he understands photography. Envisioning new forays into the valley where the real and the fantastic coexist, which he observes as the path of his work, the researcher points to ongoing transformations that challenge the very nature of photography.

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  • Wagner Souza e Silva, University of São Paulo

    Ph.D. in Communication from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo. Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences at the University of São Paulo.

  • Débora Klempous, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Ph.D. in Communication Sciences from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo, awarded a Research Grant from the Moreira Salles Institute in 2025 and a postdoctoral fellow at the State University of Campinas.

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Published

2026-04-30

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v. 20 n. 1 (2026)

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Interview

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Silva, W. S. e, & Klempous, D. (2026). The researcher, the professor and the photographer: an interview with Boris Kossoy. MATRIZes, 20(1), 147-160. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v20i1p147-160