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Ana Caroline de Lima is a Brazilian photographer, journalist, PgD in anthropology and National Geographic Explorer. Her work focuses on the human relationship with the natural environment and contemporary culture.
From Amazon to the Andes, much of her work has been done in South America, although she has also developed different projects in Asia and Europe.
Currently, Ana is working at the Cerrado, a world’s biodiversity hotspot and home to more than 4000 endemic plants. Through solutions journalism, Ana documents socio-environmental examples of how biodiversity, bioeconomy and traditional knowledge are crucial to preserve the second largest of South America (and also where Ana’s origins are from)
Her work has been awarded both nationally and internationally and exhibited in more than 20 countries, in places such as Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Oxo Tower and Palacio de Maldonado.
Ana is a XXXIII Eddie Adams Workshop and 73 Missouri Photo Workshop alumna and a member of Diversify Photo, Authority Collective, Women Photograph and Everyday Projects. Currently working in the state of Minas Gerais, she is also HEFAT trained for extreme environments and a Brazilian certified drone pilot.
AWARDS, GRANTS, ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITIONS *resumed
2023 - Royal Photographic Society Bursary
2022 - National Geographic Society Meridian Grant
2022 - Prix Terre Solidaire Finalist - Paris/France
2021 - National Geographic Exploration Grant
2021 - National Geographic COVID Emergency Grant
2021 - Accepted at Missouri Photo Worshop - Missouri/USA
2020 - Accepted at XXXIII Eddie Adams Workshop - Jeffersonville/USA
2020 - Colton Family Award - Eddie Adams Workshop- Jeffersonville/USA
2020 - Member of Diversfiy Photo
2020 - Member of Authority Collective
2020 - Dorothea Lange Award Semi Finalist
2020 - Temporada de Projetos Paços das Artes - São Paulo/Brazil
2020 - Mostra SESC Cariri de Culturas - Juazeiro do Norte/Brazil
2020 - XVII Premio IILA de Fotografia - Roma, Italy
2020 - Marilyn Stafford Award Honorable Mention - London/UK
2019 - Survival International Photo Competition Winner - Washington/USA
2019 - Women Photograph's Best photos of the year
2019 - Founded Everyday Andes
2018 - Sinchi Photo Competition - Fist Place Artistic Merit - Amsterdam/Netherlands
2018 - 2° Marylin Stafford Photography Award Shortlisted - London/UK
2018 - Member Women Photograph
2017 - TAPSA Award Winner– Xposure Festival - Sharjah/UAE
2017- Aurora Humanitarian Prize, Special Prize - Yerevan/Armenia
2017 - Prêmio de Fotografia Aliança Francesa - São Paulo/Brazil
2017 - Royal Photographic Society Bursary Finalist - London/UK
2017 - Historic Photographer of the Year Finalist - London/UK
2017- CGAP Photo Contest World Bank Honorable Mention - Washington/USA
2017- Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social y Cultural Second Place and Honorable Mention in three categories - Montevideo/Uruguai
2016 - Edital Nacional de Fotografia Funalfa Winner- Poços de Caldas/Brazil
2016 - Prêmio Internacional de Fotografia Fuijifilm Atrium Saldanha - Lisboa/Portugal
2016 - II Certámen Javier Navarro - Spain
2016 - Faces of Freedom Finalist - Teutloff Museum/Germany
2015 - 3er Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social y Cultural First Place and Two honorable Mentions - Montevideo/Uruguai
2015 - International Mountain Summit Finalist- Bressanone/Italy
2014 - TEAM SCA and GETTY Images Award Winner
2014 - Backyard Travel Photographer of the Year Winner - Bangkok/Thailand
2014 - II Festival de Etnografia do Museu Theo Brandão - Best documentray Essay and Best Single Image - Alagoas/Brasil
*This is a resumed description, please reach out for a full list
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND (ACADEMIC) *
2014 - 2015 Post Graduation in anthropology
Universidade Sagrado Coração, Bauru, Brazil
2005 - 2010 Bachelor in Social Communication - Journalism
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil
2013 - 2013 Extension in Linguistics, Anthropology and Education in Intercultural contexts- Mackenzie University, São Paulo
2013 -Extension in Visual Anthropology - PUC-SP, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 - Extension in Archaeological Practices
Universidade de São Paulo USP, Brazil
*doesn't include workshops attendances. Please reach out for a full list
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION *
2021 - 73 Missouri Photo Workshop - Missouri School of Journalism, EUA
2020 - XXXIII Eddie Adams Workshop - Jeffersonville, EUA
2020 - Prism Photo Workshop - Chicago, EUA
2020 - Still Life Workshop with Maggie Steber - Leica Akademie USA
2020 - HEFAT - Hostile Environment and First Aid, Frontline Conflict Survival, Travel & Personal Safety, Disaster and Extreme Environments, Terrorism & Public Disorder - Silk Road Training & ACOS Alliance
2019 - Women Photograph Workshop - Universidad Nacional de Quito, Equador
*doesn't include workshops attendances. Please reach out for a full list
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
Arna Art + Nature = Cartography - Organizer: Arna - Place: Skane, Sweden
Centro de Estudos Brasileiros - Organizer: Universidad de Salamanca - Place: Salamanca, Spain
Sowing Seeds - Organizer: KAMAN Art Foundation - Place: Rajasthan, India
O caminho do sertão - Organizer: Cresertão - Centro de Referência em Tecnologias Sociais do Sertão
Place:Minas Gerais, Brasil
TALKS
2019 – Talk "Amazon", Museu de Imagem e do Som MIS, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 – Talk about Career Trajectory/ Travel photography, Congresso de Fotografia e Viagem,Museu de Imagem e Do Som - MIS - São Paulo, Brazil
2018 – Talk about Exhibition “Hömanadzé Duré Ui'Wede” - FUNAI Barra do Garças - Barra do Garças, Brazil
2018 – Talk about Career Trajectory at Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso - Barra do Garças, Brazil
2017 – Talk about Career Trajectory at Xposure Festival – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2017 – Talk about Career Trajectory - Harlösa, Sweden
2017 – Talk about Career Trajectory/ Documentary photograhy - UNIFACS Salvador, Brazil
TEACHING
2016 – Photography workshop to fisherwomen from Laguna, Santa Catarina (in partnership with UDESC university) – Laguna/Brazil
2015 – Photography and visual anthropology classes to Rajasthani children at the Thar Desert – Rajasthan/India
2018 – Photography Workshop at a Xavante Indigenous village
Mato Grosso/Brazil
2019 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2019 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2019 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2019 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
Salvador/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
São Paulo/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
Salvador/Brazil
2017 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
Salvador/Brazil
2018 – Workshop Humanist Photography/ Photographing non-models
Salvador/Brazil
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 - “We are one: the vicuna guardians” - Banff Mountain Festival, Banff/Canada
2021 - “Amazon traditions” - Xposure Photo Festival, Sharjah/UAE
2021 - “Um dia com os Friesser” - Temporada de projetos Paço das Artes - São Paulo/Brazil
2021 - “A natureza e eu” - Mostra Sesc Cariri de Culturas, Ceará/Brazil
2018 - “Hömanadzé Duré Ui'Wede” - FUNAI Barra do Garças - Barra do Garças/Brazil
2021 - “Hömanadzé Duré Ui'Wede” - Universidade Federal de Barra do Garças, Barra do Garças/Brazil
2017 - "Caminhos do Sertão" - Palácio de Maldonado, Salamanca/Spain
2017 - "Caminhos do Sertão" - Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca/Spain
2016 - "Cores do Rajastão" - JFFoto - Fundação Cultural Alfredo Ferreira Lage, Juiz de Fora/Brazil
2016 - “Força feminina” - Centro Cultural Chachá e Centro de Artes, UDESC, Laguna/Brazil
2015 - "Caminhos das Gerais", - 26° Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns, Garanhuns/Brazil
2010 - "Redescobrindo São Paulo" - Pinacoteca de São Bernardo, São Bernardo do Campo/Brazil
GROUP EXHIBITIONS *resumed
2023 - “Highlighting Potential: Private Sector Investment in Emerging Markets” - Esplanade PVM, Montreal, Canada
2021 - "We are what we eat" - Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome, Italy
2021 - "Presença" - República Subway station, São Paulo, Brazil
2021 - "Presença" - Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2019 - "Latin American Women on World Trade” - Palacio Legislativo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguai
2019 - "Sinchi Foundation Indigenous Photography Award” - Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam - Netherlands
2018 - “Empowering Entrepeneur Women Worldwide” - OxO Tower, London, UK
2018 - "Latin American Women on World Trade” - World Bank, Geneve, Switzerland
2018 - "Marylin Stafford Award" - After Nyne Gallery, London, UK
2018 - "Empowering Women Entrepeneurs Worldwide" - Hull Photography Festival, East Yorkshire, UK
2018 - “Reclaiming Our Future” - Light House Media Festival, London, UK
2017 - “Tapsa - Xposure Photography Festival" - Expo Centre Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
2017 - Capturing Humanity - Aurora Humanitarian Prize, Yerevan, Armenia
2017 - 5° Salão de Outono da América Latina - Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo,Brazil
2017 - “Everyday Heroines” - Kings Colege, Londres, UK
2017 - "Los trabajos e los dias” - Escuela Nacional Sindical, Medellin, Colombia
2017 - “Experiências de Campo Antropologicas” - Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social Montevideo, Uruguai
2017 - "Andinos" - Ariano International Film Festival, Ariano, Italy
2017 - The family of Man - Projeção Brasil/ Irã, Golshar, Iran
2017 - "in the Waiting Room" - Crypt Gallery, London/UK
2016 - Perspectives by Air France - Charles de Gaulle's Airport, Paris/ France
2016 - “Prêmio Javier Navarro - Sala de los Alcaldes del Ayuntamiento de Segorbe Segorbe/Spain
2016 - Fogo, Terra, Ar, Água – Quatro Elementos - Atrium Saldanha Shopping, Lisboa/Portugal
2016 - Foto Invasão Red Bull Station - Red Bull Station, São Paulo/Brazil
2016 - Prêmio Sesc Marc Ferrez de Fotografia - Exposição itinerante nas estações de metrô de Brasília, Brazil
2015 - Journey of Change: Women Pushing Boundaries - Getty Gallery, London, UK
2016 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Gothemburg, Sweden
2016 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2016 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Lorient, France
2015 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Sanya, China
2015 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Newport, USA
2015 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Auckland. New Zeland
2015 - Amazing Women Everywhere - Volvo Ocean Race, Itajaí, Brazil
2015 - EyeEm World Tour - Soho House, Toronto, Canada
2015 - EyeEm World Tour - Germany Center of Fine Art, Dusseldorf, Germany
2015 - Experiencias de campo Antropologicas - Museo de Arte Precolombino, Montevideo, Uruguai
2015 - Tercer Encuentro Académico de Antropología Visual, - Universidade Nacional de Mexico, Ciudad del México, México
2015 - International Mountain Summit - South Tyrol, Bressanone, Italy
2014 - Artika Street Festival - Karlovac, Croatia
2014 - Premio Persio Galembeck - Araras/Brazil
2014 - Prêmio SESC de Fotografia Marc Ferrez - Sesc Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
*This is a resumed description, please reach out for a full list
CONTEST JURY
2024 - Funiber Photo Competition
2023 - Banff Mountain film Festival Photo Competition
2023 - Banff Mountain film Festival Book Competition
2022 - Banff Mountain film Festival Photo Competition
MEMBER
National Geographic Society
Diversify Photo
Authority Collective
Women Photograph
Everyday Projects (Brazil, Latin america, Amazon, Andes)
Everyday Andes founder
Every Amazon Coordinator
LANGUAGES
Portuguese (native), English and Spanish (fluent)
MAIN PREVIOUS CLIENTS/PUBLISHED WORK
National Geographic Society,GEO France, GEO Germany, CCFD, Bloomberg, US News and World Report, La Croix, Amazon Conservation, ActionAid, CARE, Operação Amazônia Nativa, UNDP