I often say that photography found me, and not the other way around.
Self-portrait, 2021.
I was always a bit of a voyeur child. I liked to peek into the neighbors' windows with my binoculars and I would grab my dad's Nikon without him knowing to take pictures. In my youth, I had Polaroids, Kodaks, Lomos and Canons. Luckily, I was born during the transition from analog to digital, which taught me to value both formats.
Honestly, I never thought I would work professionally with photography. For many years it was a hobby, and little by little it evolved into a profession.
At the university, I studied sociology because I have always been interested in understanding human beings. Whether in social or individual spheres, this curiosity has turned me into a born observer. Photography was the tool I found to portray them and also to express myself in my own individuality. Since I can't draw with ink and paper, I learned to draw with light.
Whether photographing events or portraits, my aim is to go in search of that which seems genuine. Emotions, gestures, a beautiful detail. Photography is an art to me; the art of the constant search for the hidden, or what is not easily seen.
Qualifications
2007 - 2012: BA in Sociology at the University of Brasília.
2009: Basic and professional photography at Espaço f/508 de Fotografia in Brasília.
2011 - 2012: Analog printing processes, Lightroom, and How to develop a Photo Project at Espaço f/508 de Fotografia in Brasília
2013 - 2015: Master in Sociology at the University of Brasília.
2017 - 2018: Winter semester at the Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin.
Since 2014 freelance photographer of events, portraits, and more.
Moved in 2017 from Brazil to Berlin and since then working to expand my career.
2009: Basic and professional photography at Espaço f/508 de Fotografia in Brasília.
2011 - 2012: Analog printing processes, Lightroom, and How to develop a Photo Project at Espaço f/508 de Fotografia in Brasília
2013 - 2015: Master in Sociology at the University of Brasília.
2017 - 2018: Winter semester at the Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin.
Since 2014 freelance photographer of events, portraits, and more.
Moved in 2017 from Brazil to Berlin and since then working to expand my career.