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Ana Caroline de Lima is a Brazilian photographer, journalist, PgD in anthropology and 2021 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.  
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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 AND ACCOLADES *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 Emergency Grant 

2021 - Accepted at Missouri Photo Worshop

​2020 - Accepted at XXXIII Eddie Adams Workshop

2020 - Colton Family Award - Eddie Adams Workshop
2020 - Member of Divers
ify Photo

2020 - Member of Authority Collective 

2020 - Dorothea Lange Award Semi Finalist
2020 - Temporada de Projetos Paços das Artes 

2020 - Mostra SESC Cariri de Culturas
2020 - XVII Premio IILA de Fotografia

2020 - Marilyn Stafford Award Honorable Mention

2019 - Survival International Photo Competition Winner

2019 - Women Photograph's Best photos of the year 

2019 - Founded Everyday Andes

​2018 -  Sinchi Photo Competition - Fist Place Artistic Merit 

2018 - 2° Marylin Stafford Photography Award Shortlisted 

2018 - Member Women Photograph

​2017 - TAPSA Award Winner– Xposure Festival 

2017- Aurora Humanitarian Prize, Special Prize

2017 - Prêmio de Fotografia Aliança Francesa

2017 - Royal Photographic Society Bursary Finalist

2017 - Historic Photographer of the Year Finalist

2017- CGAP Photo Contest World Bank Honorable Mention

2017- Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social y Cultural Second Place and Honorable Mention in three categoriesi

​2016 - Edital Nacional de Fotografia Funalfa Winner

2016 - Prêmio Internacional de Fotografia Fuijifilm Atrium Saldanha

2016  - II Certámen Javier Navarro
2016 - Member of Everyday Projects

2015 - 3er Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social y Cultural First Place and Two honorable Mentions 

2015 - International Mountain Summit Finalist
2014 - TEAM SCA and GETTY Images Award Winner

2014 - Backyard Travel Photographer of the Year Winner
2014 - II Festival de Etnografia do Museu Theo Brandão - Best documentary
Essay and Best Single Image
*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 1-day 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
Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso - Barra do Garças, Brazil

2017 – Talk about Career Trajectory
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 Ph
oto 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 | Mato Grosso/Brazil

2021 - “Hömanadzé Duré Ui'Wede”
Universidade Federal de Barra do Garças | Mato Grosso/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 | Minas Gerais/Brazil

2016 - “Força feminina”
Centro Cultural Chachá e Centro de Artes, UDESC | Santa Catarina/Brazil

​ 2015 -  "Caminhos das Gerais"
26° Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns | Pernambuco/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, United Arab Emirates

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
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

2021 National Geographic Society Explorer

Diversify Photo

Authority Collective

Women Photograph

Everyday Projects (Brazil, Latin america, Amazon, Andes)

Everyday Andes founder

Everyday 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

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