"We first worked with the museum's managers about two years ago," says Vitor Paiva, commercial director at ETC dealer Luzeiro, "when they bought tungsten ETC Source Four luminaires. They were impressed, and asked to look at other models in the Source Four range. Key to their specification was that they need low maintenance and high light output."
So at the end of last year, the museum supplemented its exhibition lighting with 24 ETC Source Four HID fixtures, which were immediately put to use on a display by Portuguese painter Vitor Pomar.
These were deemed such a success that the managers ordered a further 34 to light the World Press Photo exhibition, which runs throughout May.
"The lighting was the subject of great acclaim," says Paiva, "both on the part of the international organisers, and of the television companies who visited and interviewed photographers under the Source Four lights."
(Jim Evans)
