Marcio Pimenta
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Around (and Inside) of Mosul
Summer in the South of the Planet
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Capturing the revival of the Yazidi community
By Marcio Pimenta
— Interview I gave to journalist Rachel Hagan, from Huck Magazine, about my first photo book, "Yazidis". Capturing the revival of the Yazidi community A new photography book captures the intimate moments of the Yazidi people's return to their ancestral home in northern Iraq.
Oct 15, 2020
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PX3 - Prix de la Photographie 2020
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...
Sep 21, 2020
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Yazidis
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...
Sep 18, 2020
News
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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...
Jun 17, 2020
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OpenWalls Arles 2020!
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...
Jun 9, 2020
Events
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A sad day for Samba
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...
Apr 1, 2020
News
Spotlight
Deforestation. Amazon featured on ZEIT
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
Dec 5, 2019
Media
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Photojournalism of the Year
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,...
Dec 3, 2019
News
#AmazonFires 2
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.
Sep 5, 2019
News
"Stress Nexus" is featured in CNN's discussion on climate change with Democratic presidential candidates.
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...
Sep 2, 2019
News
Spotlight
#AmazonFires
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...
Aug 27, 2019
News
Devastated Amazon
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...
Jul 21, 2019
News
Rosângela, one of the children kidnapped by military families in the dictatorship
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....
Apr 3, 2019
Spotlight
Leonardo DiCaprio highlights in his Instagram my project on climate change, "Stress Nexus"
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...
Apr 1, 2019
Spotlight
First Autonomous Nation in the Amazon, Wampis Face Climate Change
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...
Mar 6, 2019
Spotlight
New work on The Wall Street Journal 'The Rush of Bodysurfing in Rio: A Traveler’s Guide'
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.
Feb 11, 2019
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