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Professional photographer based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Specialities: horses, babies, pregnant, food
I am a freelance photographer currently based in Lima, Peru and available for assignment worldwide. I'm oriented toward investigation of social realities, communities and identity related issues.
As a free-lance my photographs have appeared in many European on-line and written magazines such as Plen Air (Italy), Que Pasa (Chile), Religioscope (Swiss),Manzarock (Peru), Il Mondo, RevolutionArt, Latitudes, Asociacion Fotografica Manises (Spain), Zapping Peru, ZoneZero, Frame Lines, Demotix, Nuestramirada, Witness Journal (Italy), Plateform Magazine (France), cameraobscura, F-Stop Magazine, worthathousandblurbs, Caposud (Italy), Burn Magazine, ReVista, Estadao (Brasil), voltapagina, Le Monde Diplomatique (Norway) etc.
Whether you're coming to Medellin for work or pleasure, everyone needs professionally-
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Photographer based between the UK and Brazil.
Producing a combination of self directed projects and assigned work, one of my working methods is incorporating audio and video to create multimedia pieces, as a way of harnessing the multi platform technology of our modern World.
I’ve been working professionally since 2007 and have been published and commissioned by clients such as the BBC, National Geographic Traveller, the Guardian magazine, The Arts Council, London 2012, the Telegraph, Age UK, Dazed, GEO Sasion, El Pais, Colours, Fairtrade Foundation, West Indies Cricket Team and many others.
Editorial photographer specialized in travel photography, nature and culture in Venezuela and north Brazil and Colombia.
Special portrays sessions available and special coverage of events (different than just social photos).
Some prizes achieved in Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards, and Academia Venezolana de Gastronomía.
May reach many of South American countries.
Brazilian Photographer
I´m a photographer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Actually working hard on Panoramas, Vr-Products, Gigaphotography, Macro Photography with deep field of view, Virtual tours and high speed photography
Also worked on demonstration, strikes and social movements in argentina for different news websites
ALso develop on portraits, for stage actors and spontaneous portrait.
Frelancer photographer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Editorial and portraits.
Photography of adventure, travel and leisure.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Availability to travel.
am a professional photographer from Salvador, Brazil, who has been working in this industry for over three years in different areas including travel, landscapes, Industrial, cityscapes and aerial photography.
I am an all-round photographer specialized in nature- and reportage photography.
After 15 years experience making photo's as a press photographer in Holland, I am since 2008 based in Suriname to capture the beauty of this country with all its aspects.
Suriname is one off the greenest country's on earth and therefore a perfect place to make pictures of the beautiful nature and the inspiring people who still live in this pristine treasure.
My primary goal is to promote and sustain this with my photographs.
Born in São Paulo 33 years ago, Ricardo Lisboa’s work is guided by his life purpose: “to reflect, through photography, inspirational purposes.”
Lisboa have been delivering editorial and corporate jobs to clients in Brazil and in Europe (UK, Germany and Belgium). He is also associated photographer of Agência Estado (a mayor news agency in Brazil) and Getty Images Latin America, both for stock images and hard news covering. Family portraits are part of his work too, photographing families with a natural and authorial language and under the light of their daily lives, in a work entitled “Real People”.
In recent years he was among the artists selected to integrate two important exhibitions:
With images of his hometown, a recurring theme of his original work, contributed to the exhibition “S
Soy un fotografo ya con varios años de experiencia. Mi enfoque fotografico se basa en el Foto-Reportaje (Photojournalist), el cual aplico en diversas areas, como Retratos (Portrait), Bodas (Wedding) y trabajos especificos como Fiestas Costumbristas o Eventos. Tambien hago Fotografia de Stock y del tipo arquitectonico o de paisajes. Esta amplia variedad me ayuda a solventar diversos problemas, asi como usar y cruzar diversas tecnicas para lograr un resultado unico en las fotografias. Mi disponibilidad es completa segun los lugares de trabajo que el cliente necesite, cubriendo cualquier evento que suceda, dentro o fuera de mi pais.
Jose L. Stephens is a photographer based in Santiago de Chile. Specialized in Industrial Photography, Corporate Photography, Architectural Photography and Portrait Photography.
His works range from a single environmental portrait to assignments with multi locations in different countries for International clients.
Photojournalist with Professional Registration (Brazil) currently in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Photography / Videography: Photojournalism, daily life, editorial, travel, events.
Speaks: Spanish, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Mandarin, English.
Images have been published in: Financial Times, Starwood Hotels & Resorts travel solutions, National Geographic Traveller, AFAR Magazine (USA), The Guardian (UK), Daily Mail (UK), National Geographic, Estadao (BRA), Fox Sports (BRA), UOL (BRA), VEJA (BRA), Yahoo (BRA), R7 (BRA), Jornal Primeiramao (BRA), Jornal Metro (BRA), G1 (BRA), Diario de Sao Paulo (BRA), Folha de S. Paulo (BRA), RedeTV (BRA), UN HABITAT (USA and Canada), among others.
I'm specialized in nature photography, wildlife flora and fauna. Also landscapes from nature areas of Argentine, Bolivia and Chile. I worked as an illustrator for over thirty years for ad agencies.
Buenos Aires (and South America) based freelance photographer.
Freelance nature photographer based in Colombia specializing in professional wildlife photos, travel and culture pictures. I use all kinds of techniques like tree climbling or hiding in a blind as long as it takes to capture images of rare or endangered species like the Yellow-eared parrot or the Torrent duck.
My images have been published in:
Dorling Kindersley Books, GEO (France), Earth, International Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Birder's World, Audubon Calendars, Inner Reflections, Portal, Reiser og Ferie magazine (Norway), Scholastic Publishing, SKM Marketing,Henne magazine (Norway), PROEXPORT Colombia, El Tiempo, Credencial Magazine, Diners Magazine, Cromos Magazine, Colprinter, Banco Popular, Agrupación Sierra Madre. SuperStock and Oxford Scientific represent some of my work.
Cedric is an enthusiast freelance photographer (however this is not his main occupation) from Switzerland who is currently traveling into the Americas (based in Bogota, Colombia)
Most of his photos are travel, wildlife and street photographs taken during numerous professional and private trips.
He is available for short assignments as well as TF* with models willing to complete their portfolio.
Cedric works exclusively digital and uses Sony Alpha 900/Nex-5
He does speak French, English & Spanish.
Nature photographer interested in the caption of images that illustrate the beauty and importance of nature and its conservation.
My work focusses on wildlife photograhy; I'm quite interested in macrophototography of arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, plants (principally orchids), fungi and so on. Birds are also one of my favorites subjects, as mammals and any kind of fauna, flora and landscape.
Publicist, photographer, director of commercials and music videos, was born in Buenos Aires Argentina, based in Mexico City since 1996.
He runs a company in Mexico extreme sports as a hobby, allowing it to be a lot of time in nature, surrounded by mountains, rivers and lakes.
PHOTO: Product - Modeling - Tourism VIDEO / FILM
Film Commercial TV: Digital - Film
Music Videos
Corporate
Documentaries
Content
Buenos Aires, Argentina based photographers
I am a British photographer and tour leader who has worked and travelled extensively throughout Latin America since 1996 and have been based in La Paz, Bolivia since 2003. I own the Magical Andes Photography Image Library and have a self publishing business in both Bolivia and Peru. My images have been published worldwide by a wide variety of publications.
I often travel throughout the Andean countries (especially Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile) both for photographic and expedition work (including a trip to Panama on a commission for Rough Guides shooting images for their new guide book to the country). I have an International Press Photographer credential in Bolivia, where I cover political and sports events for Getty. I speak fluent Spanish.
Professional photographer since 1970, based in Brazil, in the city of Curitiba, with studio facilities, and large expertise in photography.
Photo retoucher and restorer.
My interest in photography began way back in 1980, when I studied design at the university. Images have always interested me in terms of expression and aesthetics, and it has been in photography where I have found an ideal means for expressing myself the way I want: intuitively and spontaneously, but always with a clear idea of the image that I want to produce.
IMAGE HIRE hold comprehensive stocks of images by Peter Stiles on most gardening subjects including: alpines, aquatic plants, bonsai, bromeliads, cacti, fruit, fungi, show gardens, garden plants, herbs, houseplants, insectivorous plants, shrubs, succulents, trees, vegetables etc. Also Guernsey, Herm and Sark, + general editorial and tropical marine aquarium fish and invertebrates.
A large selection of images are available on COLOMBIA. We were commissioned by the Colombian to photograph Bahia Malaga Pacific Base.
Clients include: The English Garden, The Garden, Garden News, Practical Fishkeeping, Quarto, Cassell, RHS, Ogrody (Poland), US Postal Dept, Workman Publishing etc. We are often commissioned to shoot images for forthcoming books; also offer written & illustrated garden articles.
Graduated in architecture but dedicated to photography at the brazilian advertising industry for more than 25 years now.
I have my own studio and attend advertising agencys and direct clients.
My specialties are: people, fashion, still, architecture and photo illustration.
Also I'm very involved with 360 degrees spherical panoramic images.
Rio de Janeiro based photojournalist shooting editorial and corporate assignments for international clients since 1989. I run a stock photo service specialized in pictures of Brazil, Amazon rain forest and Third World issues, representing the work of 20 Brazilian photographers. Solid background in digital photography.
I have over 25 years of experience in photography, mostly architecture, landscape and nature, with a large portfolio built during travels all around the world. For the past three years, I have been constantly producing fresh photos of Rio de Janeiro. Besides stock photography, I am available for assignments in my area. Posters and other printed materials are also available.
Diverse pictures types, covering different subjects. Mainly Brasilia, People Lifestyle, United Kingdom, Nature, Landscape, and other subjects like digital works.
Specialized in nature and panoramic photographs, as well as Architecture. I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but have taken pictures in the UK, Greece, France and the Argentinian Patagonia, as well as different cities in Brazil. I use a Canon 7D with different lenses and have availability to travel all over the world.
Paulo Backes specializing in documentary photography, landscape, wild & outdoor, flora and travel photography. Based in Brazilian South, he has been working in art, editorial and advertising photography for 20 years. In the last few years he has worked in special editorial projects about trees and natural landscapes and biomes, like Atlantic Rainforest, coastal region of Brazil and Pampa Grassland.
His main themes are nature, fauna and flora, wild flowers, trees, nature, natural gardens, landscaping, geology, agriculture, farm and country. There are around 20,000 pictures indexed with scientific and popular names of geography, rocks, plants and animals.
He has published books about trees and landscapes of Brazil and would be delighted to talk to you about his work.
Photographer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a wide experienced Brazilian photographer since 1975 has been shooting homeless people,natural history, landscape, nature, wildlife, agriculture, travel an still life of Brazil and all Central and South America continent.
Available for assignments and projects.
With twenty years of l photography experience, from the Brazil to South Africa, photographer Edvaldo Reis is used to living and working in extreme conditions.
Progressing from many years with manual focus 35mm and medium-formatfilm cameras, h to digital with no regrets. Having worked a sports and document in Africa and the Brazil he is currently residing in Brazil,Rio de JAneiro
RPS Studio carries out advertising digital Photography and Video for advertising/editorial campaigns worldwide.
Rodolfo Páez Stahl, 48 years old Advertising Photographer, has been in business for 28 years now.
Our studio works taking advantage of all what Digital Photography and Internet put in our hands for giving clients and agencies the ability to monitor the process of photos they entrust us from any country in real time and taking advantage of the best well kept secret location resource that is Chile.
In studio or on location our close collaboration with creative directors and producers together with the capability to re-view and improve a digital image in-the-make bring excellent results that more often than not exceed our client's expectations.
"Pictures can tell the story in a way that words can never do."
Carlos Hernandez is a photojournalist,based in Caracas, Venezuela. He worked for the British news agency Reuters between 1992 and 1998,and the major newspapers of his country as El Diario de Caracas 1986-1992 and El Universal, this last as Photo Editor.He had the opportunity to cover all major events as Coups de e`tat attempts, Olympics games, Presidential Summits, Natural disasters. His pictures published in front pages as world newspapers as The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, El Clarin.
Hernandez currently works at his news and documentally photo agency Caribe Focus.
Work was published exclusively in two books: 1. Aves do Pantanal e do Cerrado do Mato Grosso - Birds of Pantanal and Cerrado of Mato Grosso poblished in 2005 by Carlini e Caniato
2. Chapada dos Guiamarães Jardim do Cerrado - Cerrado garden, published in 2007 by Carlini e Caniato
Exhibition in the Secretary of Culture of Mato Grosso of the wildlife photography
more than 20 years experience in the field of nature/wildlife photography
10 years of wedding/ social events photography
more than 20 years experience in travel photography
I’m a photographer based in Buenos Aires and Copenhagen shooting mainly travel and documentary features.
I’m traveling for about 6 months of the year and so far have been to more than 70 countries. My pictures have been published by major magazines, newspapers and book publishers around the world, among them are Geo, Merian, The Independent, Guardian, Traveler Conde Nast, Focus, Newsweek, Maxim, Illustrered Videnskab, Lonely Planet publications, Rough Guides Publications, Fodor’s Travel Publications, Insight Guides and many more.
When not traveling I’m giving multimedia shows about my travels.
If you have come to find me through this website, please mention so.
I have been working in real estate, food and advertising photography the last 16 years. Since a year ago I'm working in Hdr images and spherical panoramic photography.
I'm a FOTOP member ( advertising photgraphers association )
I work on documentary, editorial and travel photography covering events and shows as well.
Heberton Da Silva Alves Photography
Heberton Da Silva Alves
Campo Grande , Brazil
my name heberton I am I photograph of nature the ten years, I live in Brazil, state of the Mato Grosso of the south, city of miranda. Work with tourist, in a farm of ecoturismo in the pantanal, whom they look for mammals, birds, landscapes. I have experiences in nature photo, people, events. E I come through this to present my photographic work.
Paulo Fridman is one of Brazil’s most published and requested photographers. He lived in New York City , studying at the International Center of Photography and RIT, and New York University. Since then he has shot more than 350 magazine covers for the likes of Time, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern , and Forbes; his work also appears in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, Vogue, Marie Claire, W and hundreds more.
Paulo also produces advertising and corporate photography for Brazilian and multinational corporations such as American Express, GE, IBM, Mercedes Benz, Bechtel, Embraer, among many others.
His many awards include the JP Morgan Photo Essay Award, Lion in Cannes , and first prize in the 2001 Adobe Digital Image Contest
His third book "Talking Images" was just launched
40 years as a professional photographer. Experienced in product, portrait, wildlife, corporate & studio photography. I specialise in the use of natural light.
Emigrated to Brazil in 2009 from the UK. I work full time as a freelance photographer covering water sport competitions surfing/kitesurfing), property photography, events & functions and food photography for local restaurants and hotels. I continue to carry out personal portrait briefs
Brazilian stock photographer working with several stock agencies in US, UK, Brazil and Germany.
Experienced photographer, specialized in Architectural, Interior Design and Still Life Photography,, including Food, as well as Industrial and Corporate. I have my own Studio and no issues with travelling for work.
By Specialisation
Our South American based photographer(s) specialise(s) in the following:
Abstract (7)
Advertising (11)
Aerial (10)
African-American (4)
Animal (23)
Annual Report (9)
Antiquities (2)
Archaeology (6)
Architectural (21)
Art & Artist (8)
Astronomy (2)
Automobile/bike (4)
Aviation (4)
Beauty (3)
Birds (14)
Black And White (14)
Boat & Ship (3)
Business (11)
Catalogue (11)
Children/baby (7)
Cinema (1)
Collectables (1)
Commercial (10)
Corporate (18)
Cosmetics (4)
Craft (3)
Crime (1)
Dance (2)
Digital (12)
Documentary (25)
Editorial (27)
Educational (9)
Elderly People (3)
Emotions (3)
Engineering (4)
Entertainment (5)
Environmental Issues (14)
Event (14)
Exploration (6)
Family Life (8)
Fashion (6)
Festival (10)
Film/video (4)
Fine Art (13)
Fish & Fishing (6)
Flower & Plant (20)
Food & Drink (19)
Garden/gardening (7)
Geology (9)
HDRI (5)
Headshot (3)
Health/fitness (3)
History (5)
Home Life (5)
Horse/equestrian (5)
Indigenous People (13)
Industrial (13)
Insect (11)
Interior (12)
Landscape (30)
Leisure (10)
Lifestyle (13)
Macro (9)
Magazine (13)
Medical (3)
Military (2)
Mining (1)
Model (5)
Mountaineering (4)
Music (7)
Nature (25)
News (6)
Night (10)
Panoramic (17)
Passport Photo (2)
People (21)
Pet (6)
Photojournalism (19)
Pinhole (1)
Polar (2)
Politics (6)
Portrait (22)
PR (3)
Pregnancy (5)
Product (15)
Real Estate (9)
Relationships (3)
Religion (8)
Reportage (15)
School (2)
Science (8)
Shopping (5)
Sports (9)
Still Life (17)
Stock (16)
Studio (10)
Tabletop (8)
Theatre (2)
Time Lapse (1)
Transport (9)
Travel (29)
Underwater (1)
Video (4)
War/conflict (3)
Weather (7)
Wedding (5)
Wildlife (18)
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