I am an amateur photographer based in Kelowna, Canada. Born and raised in Brazil, I trained in medicine at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. I’m married to Milena, and we have two amazing kids.
I discovered photography around the age of 12 after accidentally opening an Olympus Trip 35 before rewinding the film, losing a full roll of film. That frustration sparked a lasting curiosity - not only about making images, but about the photographic process itself. Encouraged by my godfather Alex, who even let me use his Leica, I went on to study photography, film developing, and printing with Rosary Steves in Goiânia, and built my first darkroom in a small bathroom at my parents’ home.
Over time, my interests evolved from landscape to documentary, and eventually to travel and street photography. Influenced early on by Sebastião Salgado and Henri Cartier-Bresson, and later inspired by photographers such as Ted Grant and Craig Semetko, photography has stayed with me ever since - sometimes quietly, sometimes intensely - but always as a way of observing, understanding, and connecting with the world.
I still keep a darkroom at home and enjoy the solitude of processing film and printing by hand, watching an image slowly appear in the developer. While I also shoot digital, film remains central to how I experience photography.