Warriors
These warriors aren’t ancient, neither they do war.
Yes, they might have the strength from their past but they stare deeply into each other eyes. Kids that are being put to test and taught how to fight for their lives.
These moments were captured in Bangkok, in January 2016, at the Lumpinee stadium where every week young fighters confront each other on the ring, with the enthusiastic support of their families, team and a crowd of avid for gamblers. The screams don't bother them, they have much more than money at stake.
Warriors
These warriors aren’t ancient, neither they do war.
Yes, they might have the strength from their past but they stare deeply into each other eyes. Kids that are being put to test and taught how to fight for their lives.
These moments were captured in Bangkok, in January 2016, at the Lumpinee stadium where every week young fighters confront each other on the ring, with the enthusiastic support of their families, team and a crowd of avid for gamblers. The screams don't bother them, they have much more than money at stake.
Warriors
These warriors aren’t ancient, neither they do war.
Yes, they might have the strength from their past but they stare deeply into each other eyes. Kids that are being put to test and taught how to fight for their lives.
These moments were captured in Bangkok, in January 2016, at the Lumpinee stadium where every week young fighters confront each other on the ring, with the enthusiastic support of their families, team and a crowd of avid for gamblers. The screams don't bother them, they have much more than money at stake.
I am a multidisciplinary professional based in Sydney, working as a creative lead, director and photographer.
Dedicating time and purpose to my documentary photography work in parallel with my commercial career; I am currently working as a Creative Lead for BoozeBud, a fast pace and fast-growing start up.
I have created content that generated millions of online interactions and conversations for brands such as Woolworths, Petbarn, Stockland, Discovery Channel, Hungry Jacks, ABC, and more. I have also developed photography projects that search for social purposes, leading myself to work with NGO’s and exhibiting with social documentary projects around the globe.
My passion for revealing the inner image and connection in social inequalities fuels my documentary work in a constant inquiring and compassion towards life.
Obtained a Bachelor of Honours in Sound and Image at the University of Arts and Design, ESAD.CR (Portugal, 2008), and a Diploma of Screen and Media at Sydney Film School (Australia, 2010), specialising in cinematography, and a range of other specialisations including Photojournalism with Australian Centre for Photography.
Another passion of mine is sharing my knowledge to others, I was a cinematography teacher at Sydney Film School for 8 years.
My work has been screened, exhibited and awarded in different countries and has been recognised as one of Australia's emerging talent in photojournalism.
When I am not working, I love to ride my scooter around Sydney and be a social media manager for Boy, the big corgi.
EXHIBITIONS
Dec 2020 Young Cairo
Addis Foto Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sep 2020 Young Cairo
International Festival of Photography of Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mar 2020 Clouds from the center of the world
Touch Is The Mother Of All Senses (Group exhibition) at Alpha House Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Nov 2019 Young Cairo
Sun Studios Emerging Photographer Award, Melbourne, Australia
Sep 2019 Young Cairo
Sun Studios Emerging Photographer Award, Sydney, Australia
Sep 2019 Young Cairo
Paraty Em Foco International Festival, Paraty, Brazil
Jul 2019 Young Cairo
Helsinki Photo Festival HELPHOTO, Helsinki, Finland
Jul 2019 Clouds from the center of the world
Global Multimedia Poetry Stands - Collective Art installation, Evora, Portugal
Jul 2019 Young Cairo
Les Rencontres De La Photographie BYOB, Arles 2019, France
May 2019 Young Cairo
HeadOn Photo Festival, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney, Australia
May 2017 Eastern Thoughts
Alpha House Gallery, Sydney, Australia
May 2017 Eastern Thoughts
HeadOn Photo Festival, Stirrup Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Feb 2017 Australian Of The Year, Portraits
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
April 2016 Outskirts
AWARDS
Set 2019 Young Cairo
Highly Commended, Sun Studios Emerging Photographer Award, Australia
Jul 2019 Young Cairo
Winner Open Call. Finland, Helsinki, Helsinki Photo Festival
Jul 2019 Young Cairo - A young South-Sudanese living in Sydney's inner west.
Winner Best Image. Finland, Helsinki, Helsinki Photo Festival
May 2019 Young Cairo - A young South-Sudanese living in Sydney's inner west
Semi-finalist Portrait Award, HeadOn Photo Festival
May 2019 Young Cairo
Capture Magazine Top 11 Australasia Emerging photographers 2019 - Documentary/Photojournalism
May 2019 Portraits of a lost island
Capture Magazine Top 30 Australasia Emerging photographers 2019 - Portrait
PUBLICATIONS
Apr 2020 Young Cairo
Published in www.featureshoot.com
Oct 2019 Young Cairo
Interview published by Sun Studios.
Sep 2019 Young Cairo
The Guardian, Next generation: Australia's emerging photographer awards – in pictures
Sep 2019 Young Cairo
Jun 2019 Young Cairo
Social Documentary Network
May 2019 Young Cairo
Capture Magazine, Featured as one of Australasia Emerging Photographers 2019
May 2017 Eastern Thoughts
Travel memoir. Photography: Vitor Queiroz. Text: Marta Maia
Sep 2017 Portugal: 2 and a half years later
Edge of Humanity Magazine
Feb 2016 Kat Sak
Anydoko Magazine
Feb 2016 Kat Sak
May 2016 Outskirts
Social Documentary Network
Aug 2015 Red China
Photo featured in the 21st-century selection of New Street Photography by Lensculture.