3 guest editors: Márcio Kogan with photographs by Fernando Guerra

The October 2024 issue of Wallpaper* features three guest editors and three covers, and I had the honor of photographing one of them!

Creating a cover is always special, but doing one for Wallpaper* with Márcio Kogan is even more so. And I can also say, quite rare. In the past 25 years I’ve shot hundreds of covers, but this is only the second one for Wallpaper*.

This cover reflects on how Jean-Luc Godard’s viewfinder in his 1963 film Le Mépris shares the same proportions as the façade of Kogan’s Paraty House in Brazil, which I photographed at the end of last year. It was one of the greatest adventures I’ve embarked on. Literally, as you can only reach the house by boat. But that’s a story for another time.

In his guest editor section, Márcio opens up about a life-changing moment that led to his famously cinematic approach, exploring how his filmmaking idols influenced the architect he would eventually become.

The interior of the magazine is almost like a personal album showcasing the architecture of Studio MK27, which I’ve had the privilege to photograph and document for over ten years. When I was in São Paulo two months ago, I got to witness the whole process of selecting the images and the relationship between film and the studio’s works.

It’s more than just a beautiful magazine, it’s a study object for the future. Much like the Paraty House, built in 2009, which I’ve only recently had the chance to photograph.

But this edition of the magazine also brought a long article about CAM. The new extension of the Gulbenkian modern art museum in Lisbon.

Im sharing some of the pages here…