Listed as seventh world exhibitor by the Féderation Internationale d’Art Photographique with 178 photographs shown in 84 international salons.
Solo exhibition: Associação Brasileira de Arte Fotográfica, Rio de Janeiro.
Surprises the photographic milieu with his Ouro-pretense [From Ouro Preto] series of abstract images of the timeworn walls of [the city of] Ouro Preto.
Awards: Honorable mention to his fotos Noturno [Nocturne], Estudo decorativo [Decorative Study] and Derivação [Derivation] – 1º Salão Internacional de Arte Fotográfica de Santos – Santos.
Articles published:
On Entomology
Tipos de Saturnioidea no United States National Museum. 1 – Gênero Eacles Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Citheroniinae). Boletim Museu Nacional, Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 137: 1-53, Sept. 5. il. New Series. | Tipos de Saturnioidea no United States National Museum. 2 – Gênero Bathyphlebia Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera, Citheroniinae). Boletim Museu Nacional, Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 137: 1-53, Sept. 6. il. New Series. | Tipos de Saturnioidea no United States National Museum. 3 – Citheronia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Citheroniinae). Boletim Museu Nacional, Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 147: 1-47, Nov. 5. il. New Series.
On Photography
Liste Oficielle de la FIAP de Photographies Artistiques pour l’Année 1954 (same title in English and in German). Annuaire Féderation Internationale de l’Art Photographique – Annuaire FIAP 1956.