Between Frames: A Story in the Making

I never had many photos from my childhood. The few that existed were taken at school on special occasions—portraits that were meant to be sent back to family in Pernambuco. My grandmother kept some, but most were mailed away, leaving behind a childhood that felt both distant and undocumented. Maybe that’s why I became a photographer: to fill in the blanks, to create records where none existed.

Photography, for me, has always been about more than just capturing an image. It’s about observation, about seeing what others overlook. I grew up in São Paulo, where my curiosity often led me to take different paths from those around me. I didn’t just want to follow the expected—I wanted to explore, to look beyond. That same instinct still drives my work today, whether in fine art photography or fashion editorials.

Over the years, my practice has evolved. I started in fashion, working with brands, shooting editorials, and shaping narratives through style and light. But I always felt the need for something more personal—something that wasn’t dictated by a campaign brief. That’s where my fine art work comes in. It’s my way of deconstructing reality, playing with absence, memory, and composition in a way that fashion photography doesn’t always allow.

This space, Between Frames, exists for that in-between. It’s where I share what happens outside the structured projects—experiments, thoughts, fragments of inspiration. It’s not a blog, not a journal, not a portfolio. It’s a space for things that don’t need labels. Sometimes it will be about my process, other times about New York and the way the city influences my work. Sometimes it will just be a collection of images, moments that exist between one frame and the next.

There’s no set direction, and I like it that way.

Ton Gomes

Between Frames is a space where I share moments that exist between one frame and the next. Thoughts, images, and everything in between.

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