Lu Brito

An ophthalmologist and photographer born in Salvador in 1971, she fell for photography in 2005 and made it an unconditional occupation. She has photographed in almost every Brazilian state and in more than forty countries — from the Lençóis Maranhenses to the Atacama, the Salar de Uyuni, the Bahian backlands and Antarctica.

Her awards include first place in the Revista Fox National Competition (2018), an honourable mention at the Brazilian Photography Biennial (2018) and first place in the black-and-white category of the Ribeirão Preto Photographic Art Salon. She specialises in zenithal aerial photography with drones and has been represented by Zeka Galeria since 2018. She published Bacurau no Mapa (2020) and Sertão (2021), both from her research in the Bahian backlands.

There are things photography records. And there are things it transforms. It changes how you look, how you are present, how you notice what used to pass unseen. That is why I have spent more than two decades photographing, making what I love a way of being in the world.