Gustavo Minas , the Brazilian-born photographer based in Brasília and São Paulo, crafts visual essays in color that feel like living paintings—full of reflections, architectural geometry, people in motion, and sharp contrasts. Although his inner world is dense and cinematic, his camera gear has evolved with intention and clarity. Gear Journey: From Fuji X100 to X‑Pro3 Fujifilm X100 (2014–2016) Minas discovered Fujifilm in 2014 when his DSLR broke. He borrowed an X100 and immediately fell in love with its slide-film color aesthetic and compactness. He then transitioned to the X‑Pro1 with a 27 mm lens , giving him more compositional control and a 41 mm equivalent field of view, better suited to Brasília’s urban scale . Fujifilm X100 Fujifilm X‑Pro1 → X‑Pro2 In 2016, Minas upgraded to the X‑Pro1 + 27 mm and the versatile 18–55 mm zoom , which allowed him to work with layered reflections and unified depth, blending planes into visual metaphors . Fujifilm X-Pro1 He moved to the...
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera" - Dorothea Lange