Marcio Pimenta | Photographer

By Marcio Pimenta — I'm glad for my work "The rainforest at the crossroads" receive this year's second prize Prix de la Photographie 2020 PX3 in the category Press / Nature / Environmental. Thank you Pulitzer Center for support my work. PX3 2020 Winner - The Rainforest at the crossroads Deforestation can lead to a situation where the forest can no longer regenerate due to the scale...

By Marcio Pimenta — I'm very pleased to announce my new book, "Yazidis". This book is about a story of dignity and survival. A story I covered in Iraq in 2016 and 2017. The Yazidi people were one of those who suffered the most during the occupation of the Islamic State. His women were kidnapped, made sex slaves and sold as commodities. With the advance of forcing Kurds and Iraqis, Islamic State lost...

By Marcio Pimenta — Today the UN remembers the day to combat desertification. In partnership with journalist Liana Melo, we produced this report on desertification in Brazil as a result of human activities. Human activity resulting in water scarcity, landscape changes and feedback loops in the climate system play a key role in intensification, propagation & persistence of #drought risk...

By Marcio Pimenta — I’m happy to share with you that this photo from my long-term series: "Man and Earth", about climate change and our relationship with geography, was one of those selected by the British Journal of Photography for the exhibition Open Walls Arles 2020 which will take place in Arles, France, between June 26 and September 5, 2020. "Man and The Earth – Latin America and...

By Marcio Pimenta — A sad day for samba. One of the icons of samba in Brazil, the singer and composer from Bahia Riachão died on Monday (30), at 98 years of age. In 2016, during a trip to Salvador, Bahia, I had the opportunity to meet Riachão at his home. We spent an entire morning talking about his greatest passions: life, samba, women and their families. Riachão wrote and sang classics like...

By Marcio Pimenta — My last work about deforestation in Amazon rainforest was featured on ZEIT. Marcio Pimenta | Photographer, Tear Sheets Editorial work by photographer Marcio Pimenta

By Marcio Pimenta — I’m so happy to be on the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting list “Photojournalism of the Year”, 2019.   Working on the issue of climate change has been a great effort and a great achievement. Thanks to Pulitzer Center and National Geographic for the confidence in my work. In 2020 we will have great challenges. 2019: A Year in Photos A look back at 2019,...

By Marcio Pimenta — The traditional French magazine Society has published on its cover a photo of my work on the Amazon fires. "In the heart of the Amazon" is the highlight of the magazine.

By Marcio Pimenta — CNN will host a discussion of the climate crisis on September 4 with 10 Democratic candidates for the US presidential race. To promote the event, CNN selected the work of 10 photographers who show that the topic is urgent. " Stress Nexus ", my authorial project, was one of the chosen for reflection. I am honored that this work - in progress - has been chosen to be alongside...

By Marcio Pimenta — Tha Amazon rainforest in fire. My latest work about climate change. For El País Brazil with support by the Rainforest Journalist Fund, in association with the Pulitzer Center.        Galeria de fotos: Um sobrevoo pela Amazônia que arde             Neste sábado, o EL PAÍS sobrevoou áreas do Acre e do sul...

By Marcio Pimenta — In the last three weeks I have been traveling through the Amazon in part of the Brazilian territory. This trip is part of my project "Stress Nexus", which aims to document the relationship of man to geographic space. One of the photos I took was published by actor Leonardo DiCaprio in his personal account on Instagram. The image and subtitle show that deforestation in Brazil is...

By Marcio Pimenta — Brazil is experiencing a delicate moment and sees its democracy being threatened by a far-right government. The newspaper El País highlighted last Sunday my work with the reporter Joana Oliveira on children who were kidnapped by military families in the years of the dictatorship for forced adoption. The fate of the original families of these people is unknown....

By Marcio Pimenta — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio highlights in his Instagram my project on climate change, "Stress Nexus".     Leonardo DiCaprio on Instagram: “#Regram #RG @everydayclimatechange: Photo by Marcio Pimenta @marpimenta for @everydayclimatechange Misol Morales (7 years old) plays the…” 231.1k Likes, 1,169 Comments - Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio) on...

By Marcio Pimenta — My latest work about climate change, in Peru, Amazonas was featured in National Geographic . Thanks in particular to the Pulitzer Center for their full support to cover this story.        First Autonomous Nation in the Amazon, Wampis Face Climate Change            In Peru, 15,000 Indigenous Wampis have declared autonomy from the central...

By Marcio Pimenta —   I'm pleased to share my latest work for The Wall Street Journal :   The Rush of Bodysurfing in Rio: A Traveler’s Guide The steeliest surfers in Rio de Janeiro forgo the board. To follow suit, don a pair of fins and jump in head first.