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 Born in Brazil and raised in a multicultural environment.
• Third Culture Kid/Individual (TCK/TCI): Citizen of the World

Visual work featured in publications such as The Guardian, Börsen-Zeitung, BR24, Business Insider, Demócrata, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Welle, Europa Press, Financial Times, FinanzBusiness, Folha de S.Paulo, Fox Sports, France Info, G1, ilPost, L'Est Républicain, Le Temps, Marie Claire, Merkur, Metro, National Geographic, Postimees, R7, Stern, The Brazilian Report, The Objective, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Uol, Veja, Worldcrunch, and many others.

Open for partnership / Available for assignments: Contact

National and International Journalist Cards

2025 ‐ 2028

Carteira de Identidade Funcional — CIF (Functional Identity Card)

Holder of the Carteira Nacional de Jornalista (National Journalist Card) emitted in Brazil by the Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas — FENAJ (National Federation of Journalists)

Brazil's National Journalist Card Brazil's National Journalist Card

Brazilian Journalists' Code of Ethics

2024 ‐ 2026

Holder of the International Press Card (IPC) issued by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), emitted in Brazil by the Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas — FENAJ (National Federation of Journalists)

International Press Card / Carnet de Prensa Internacional / 國際記者證 / Международная пресс-карта / Carte de Presse Internationale / Internationaler Presseausweis / بطاقة الصحافة الدولية International Press Card

Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists

Professional Organizations

2024 ‐ 2025

Member of the Sindicato dos Jornalistas Profissionais no Estado de São Paulo — SJSP (Union of Professional Journalists in the State of Sao Paulo)

2014 ‐ 2017

Member of the Associação de Repórteres Fotográficos e Cinematográficos no Estado de São Paulo — ARFOC‐SP (Association of Photographic and Cinematographic Reporters in the State of Sao Paulo)

Professional Registration Card

2026/08/21

Confirmation of authenticity of the ‘︁Professional Registration Card’ emitted by the Ministry of Economy, in the ‘︁Professional Registration System’ of the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil

Authentic ‘︁Professional Registration Card’ Authentic ‘︁Professional Registration Card’
Active ‘︁Professional Registration’ Active ‘︁Professional Registration’

2016

Professional Registration Register: Registered as Journalist, in the role of Photographic reporter, by the Secretaria de Trabalho do Ministério da Economia (Secretariat of Labor of the Ministry of Economy) of Brazil

Professional Registration Register Professional Registration Card

Professional Registration in the Work and Social Security Booklet

2014

Registered as Journalist, in the role of Photographic reporter, by the Superintendência Regional do Trabalho e Emprego — SRTE (Regional Superintendency of Labour and Employment) of the Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego — MTE (Ministry of Labor and Employment) of Brazil

Work and Social Security Booklet Work and Social Security Booklet
Professional Registration Professional Registration

Experience

2009 ‐ Present

International & Independent Visual Journalist

  • Since 2021: Global news graphic artist/designer
    • ZUMA Press, a US independent press agency and wire service
    Contract Photographer (Currently regular contributor)
    May 2019 ‐ Present
  • Since 2009: Photojournalist
    • Fotoarena (BRA)
    Freelance Photojournalist
    May 2013 ‐ Oct 2014 (Account deleted)

    Demotix* (UK)
    Freelance Photojournalist
    2009 ‐ 2013
    *Acquired by Corbis in November 2012. On January 2016, Visual China Group acquired Corbis.

    2010 ‐ 2016

    Commercial Management

  • 2013 ‐ 2016: Micro-businessman
  • 2010 ‐ 2013: Micro-entrepreneur
  • 2010: Employee

    • 2006 ‐ Present

  • Multidisciplinary Photographer
    • Alamy Reportage/Archive
    Contributing Photographer
    May 2019 ‐ Aug 2026 (Account deleted)

    Shutterstock
    Contributing Photographer
    Mar 2019 ‐ Dec 2024 (Account deleted)

    Pond5
    Contributing Videographer
    Mar 2019 ‐ Dec 2024 (Account deleted)

    Getty Images
    Contributing Photographer & Videographer
    Oct 2014 ‐ Jan 2025 (Account deleted)

    Alamy Live News
    Contributing Photographer
    May 2012 ‐ Aug 2026 (Account deleted)

    Alamy Stock
    Contributing Photographer
    Jan 2009 ‐ Aug 2026 (Account deleted)

    SuperStock Images*
    Contributing Photographer
    2007 ‐ 2008
    *Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2008.

    LatinPhoto
    Contributing Photographer
    2006

    1999 ‐ 2008

    Employee, micro-entrepreneur

    Education / Some Courses

    2026

  • Verifying AI-generated content
    • Certified by Agence France-Presse (AFP)
    Credential ID: 5skbltez20

    2024

  • Digital Journalism and Investigation Techniques - Advanced
    • Certified by Agence France-Presse (AFP)
    Credential ID: jw6wvtztva
  • International Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
    • Certified by Basel Institute on Governance
  • Open‐source Intelligence

    • 2006

  • Graduated with an Associate's degree in Industrial Design
  • Digital Photography
    • Focus Escola de Fotografia
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Creative Flash
    • Focus Escola de Fotografia
    Sao Paulo, Brazil

    2000

    HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

    1999

    PC Hardware Technician, Windows NT 4.0, Visual FoxPro 6.0

    Languages

    • First, native speaker: Portuguese, Taiwanese Hokkien (Taiwanese Minnan), Spanish and Mandarin Chinese
    • Second: English