Carlos Alkmin

I'm a photographer and art director based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I was born in 1966.

Photography is a passion since my childhood. I was influenced by my father and my oldest brother, who was photo amateurs, which means they were real enthusiasts.

I am graduated in Social Communications - Advertising Bachelor, by Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA-USP) since 1987, where I also learned the basics of photography.

Working as an art director for more than 20 years, I was in contact with experienced photographers.

In the last years, due to new opportunities, I've been joining collective exhibitions and cultural projects, such as:

- "Sao Paulo Railways" - with Cafe Tortoni Group - São Paulo - 2005

- "Coffee" - with Cafe Tortoni Group - São Paulo - 2005

- "Creatives Behind The Lens" Contest, by Corbis Images - as finalist for the final exhibition, in Buenos Aires - 2006

- "Brazil by Night", a photobook, with 70 other photographers, some of which are famous brazilian ones - 2008

- "Urban Photography" and "Photojournalism" workshops - Carrefour Institute - 2009 - winner in the final contest.

Currently working as independent photographer for various kinds of production, mainly for advertising agencies ...

Bachelor in Advertising by Communication and Arts School of USP (Sao Paulo University), ranked the best university in Latin America according to QS Quacquarelli Symonds

• Awarded artist at "X Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Roma" (10h Rome Biennial) - january 2014, 18th to 27th, at the iconic "Sale del Bramante" - Curators: Sergio Valle Duarte (L’ encyclopédie Internationale des Photographes) and Mrs. Livia Bucci (Scientific Committee for Italian Biennials and C.E.O. of Spazio Surreale Gallery - Sao Paulo)

• Awarded artist at "Creative Behind the Lens" contest, by Corbis Images - 2006 - Buenos Aires - Argentina