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Ana Caroline de Lima is a photographer, journalist, and National Geographic Explorer with a postgraduate degree in Anthropology. Her work explores the complex connections between people and the environment, focusing on rural and Indigenous communities, environmental justice, social bioeconomy, and the ways the climate crisis is reshaping lives, relationships, and territories.

Before fully focusing on photography, Ana worked for years in journalism, in roles ranging from writing and editing to production and corporate communications. These experiences shaped her storytelling and her way of listening and seeing the world.

Guided by a sensitive and attentive approach, she builds trust and listens closely to the rhythms of the people and places she documents. While deeply rooted in social engagement, her practice is equally committed to visual form, treating aesthetics as essential to storytelling.

Over more than a decade, her projects have taken her from the Amazon to the Andes, as well as to many regions in Europe and Asia. Currently, she is deeply engaged with the Brazilian Cerrado — South America’s second-largest biome. Drawing from her family’s roots in the region, she photographs the vital importance of biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and sustainable practices in conserving this unique, overlooked biodiversity hotspot.

Her work has been recognized with major awards and exhibited internationally in over 20 countries, including venues such as the Photo Vogue Festival, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, and the Oxo Tower, published in places such as the National Geographic Society, GEO, The Guardian, and the Royal Photographic Society.

She is a member of organizations like Diversify Photo, Authority Collective, Women Photograph, and Everyday Projects (founder of Everyday Andes), and is committed to amplifying underrepresented voices in photography. Ana speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish, is HEFAT-trained and a certified drone camera operator.

Here’s the formal bio. To read a more personal story about how it all started, click here.

Quem é Ana Caroline de Lima?
Ana Caroline de Lima é fotógrafa, jornalista, antropóloga e Exploradora da National Geographic, cujo trabalho aborda questões socioambientais, crise climática, bioeconomia, resiliência cultural e conservação ambiental.

ACCOLADES AND ACHIEVEMENTS *resumed.

2024 - Vital Impacts Program
2024 - Photo Vogue Open Call
2024 - National Geographic Society Community Fund
2023 - Royal Photographic Society Bursary

2022 - National Geographic Society Meridian Grant

2022 - Prix Terre Solidaire Finalist - Paris/France

2021 - National Geographic Explorer

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 Diversify 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
2015 - Extension in Archaeological Practices
Universidade de São Paulo USP, Brazil
2013 -Extension in Visual Anthropology
PUC-SP, São Paulo, Brazil
2013 - 2013 Extension in Linguistics, Anthropology and Education in Intercultural Contexts Mackenzie University, São Paulo
2005 - 2010 Bachelor in Social Communication - Journalism
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION *

2021 - 73 Missouri Photo Workshop - Missouri School of Journalism, USA

2020 - XXXIII Eddie Adams Workshop - Jeffersonville, USA

2020 - Prism Photo Workshop - Chicago, USA

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

2024 - The Unspoken - Organizer: SB Agglo

Place: Brittany, France

2017 - Arna Art + Nature = Cartography - Organizer: Arna

Place: Skane, Sweden

2015 - Centro de Estudos Brasileiros - Organizer: Universidad de Salamanca
Place: Salamanca, Spain

2015 - Sowing Seeds - Organizer: KAMAN Art Foundation

Place: Rajasthan, India

2014 - O caminho do sertão - Organizer: Cresertão
Place:Minas Gerais, Brasil

TALKS Last update: Mar 2024
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 Last update: Jul 2024

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 – Photography Workshop at a Xavante Indigenous village

Mato Grosso/Brazil