1961
At Ibirapuera Park (SP), he photographs foliage and certain flowers in backlit shots, as raw material for his work with color lattices and offset printing.
He participates in the VI Bienal de São Paulo (MAM-SP) and holds his first solo show, at Galeria Aremar, in Campinas (SP).
With his friend Décio Pignatari he does the layout for the book of poetry Universo, by Mário da Silva Brito, which the following year receives the Jabuti Prize for best book cover.