Photographer and Director of Photography, with a background in Photography and advanced studies in Art History, rafaê's repertoire has expanded while traveling through various countries, investigating new languages and techniques in the audiovisual field.
His technique, marked by an unwavering pursuit of quality, merges with aesthetics, creating a visual poetry that connects the tradition of analog photography with contemporary technological innovations.
With experience in various branches of photography, he follows an approach that stems from the desautomatization of the gaze, where the passion for capturing moments, combined with attention to detail and aesthetic intentionality, drives his work.
visual filmmaker,
documentary filmmaker,
photographer.
2016
MoFilm Award for Best Cinematography
Campaigns for Bradesco, 50 Best Restaurants and More Human (Reebok)
2022
Bugil Cinema Award for Best Medium-Length Film
Film "Sunday Every Day"
Extremadura, Spain.
trajectory
He began his career as a still photographer at TV Globo in 2005. In 2012, he directed photography for the first time in the indigenous villages of Xingu during Kuarup, in collaboration with Imagine Filmes Production. The following year, in 2013, he worked in the fields of fashion, advertising, and music photography, collaborating with the Abril group and magazines such as Boa Forma, Vip, and Trip.
In 2016, in advertising, he won the MoFilm Award for Best Cinematography for campaigns for Bradesco, 50 Best Restaurants, and More Human (Reebok). He also worked on music videos for various artists in the musical scene, including Hamilton de Holanda, Yamandu Costa, Martin Sued, and Sílvia Pérez Cruz.
photography
film
Between 2015 and 2019, he directed the documentary Bossa Negra, traveling through 16 European countries and interviewing prominent figures like Gilberto Gil and Chucho Valdez. During the same period, he produced the documentary Pelo Brasil, exploring Hamilton de Holanda's relationship with music, and co-directed the documentary Mar de Lama with Felipe Bretas."
documentary
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