Gui Christ | Photographer

Based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Bio

Gui Christ is a Brazilian visual artist known for photographing Brazilian peripheral communities and cultures using contemporary visual approaches.

His work has gained international recognition and since 2015 has been regularly featured in international top news outlets such as Time Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Billboard, Esquire, El Pais, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Internazionale, Al Jazeera, Der Spiegel and others.

His first personal project, “Marrocos” (2016), in collaboration with Gringo Collective, explored the largest Brazilian squat and received numerous Brazilian photography awards. The project was also exhibited at festivals such as PhotoEspaña (Spain) and Festival de la Luz (Argentina). In 2020, Gui published his first solo photobook, “Fissura,” which documented the world’s largest street drug market.

The book received rave reviews from international media outlets such as Collectors Daily (USA), GUP Magazine (Netherlands), and L’oeil de la Photographie (France). It was also selected for festivals such as Addis Photofest (Ethiopia) and Imago (Portugal), and Gui was hailed as one of the best documentary photographers of his generation by European Photography Magazine.

In 2022, Gui received the RainForest Pulitzer Center Grant for Journalism, as well the National Geographic Explorer Grant for his ongoing project on the impacts of colonialism on Afro-Brazilian communities. Some of the produced images have already been recognized and exhibited at festivals such as Photoville (U.S.A), Indian Photofest (India) and The Hamburg Portfolio Review (Germany).Part of this project was awarded at Poy-Latam, the most prestigious photojournalism and documentary photography award in Latin America.

Collections
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
Coleção Joaquim Paiva – Museu de Arte Moderna | MAM-RJ, Brazil
Casa da Imagem | Museu da Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Incluzartis, Brazil
Maison Européenne de la photographie, France
Harvard University, United States of America

2024
– Vist projects, Mexico.
– PhotoVogue Portfolio Review, Italy.
– Festival Solar, Brazil.

2023
– Africa Foto Fair, Ivory Coast.
– M’kumba, Instituto Pretos Novos, Brazil.
– Photoville, Pulitzer Center – Traditions and Resistance, United States of America.
– O Sagrado da Amazônia, Instituto Inclusartiz, Brazil.

2022
– Indian Photo Fest, India;
– Parada 7, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Brazil;
– Royal Photographic Society, England;
– Hamburg Portfolio Review, Germany;
– Festival Imago, Portugal;
– PhotoSchweiz, Switzerland;
– Obscura – The World Today, Mexico.

2021
– Festival de Libros de Fotografia, Felifa, Argentina;
– FotoRio, Brazil;
– Festival de Fotografia de Paranapiacaba, Brazil;
– GUP Magazine, Netherland;
– Joia Magazine, Spain;
– The Washington Post, United States;
– PH Museum, Italy;
– The independent photographer, England;
– Collectors Daily, United States;
– Público, Portugal;
– Revista Zum, Brasil

2020
– Harvard University – Collective Isolation in Latin America, United States of America;
– SP-art, Brazil;
– Vist Project, Colombia;
– Foto em Pauta, Brazil;

2019
– Mostra Diário Contemporâneo do Pará, Brazil.;
– PhMuseum, Italy;
– SP-Foto, Brazil;
– European Photography Magazine, Germany;

2018
– Festival de la Luz, Argentina;
– Triennnial of Photography Hamburg, Germany;

2017
– Museo Cuatro Caminos, Mexico;
– Fiebre Fotolibros, Spain;
– FotoEspana, Spain;
– Lisbon Photobook Fair, Portugal;
– EnCMYK, Uruguay;
– Paris Photo, France;
– Sp-Foto, Brazil;
– Foto em pauta, Brazil;
– Festival de Tiradentes, Brazil;
– Fest Foto POA, Brazil;
– 10×10 Fotografos, Brazil;
– Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Belo Horizonte, Brazil;
– Mostra SP de fotografia, Brazil;
– Festival Zumm de fotografia, Brazil;
– Mostra Diário Contemporâneo do Pará, Brazil
– Mostra Prêmio Pierre Verger;

Grants and Noninations

2024
– PhotoVogue, Latin America Panorama

– PhotoVogue, Latin America Panorama

2023
– Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
– Foam Paul Huff Award 2023, nominee

2022
– National Geographic Society Explorer Grant
– Pulitzer Center Rainforest Journalism Fund Grant

2021
– National Geographic Society Emergency Fund Grant

2020
– National Geographic Society Emergency Fund Grant
– Emerson Collective, finalist

Awards and Prizes

2024
– Panorama Latino Americano – PhotoVogue, selected
– Llamados a Fotogalerías 2025, Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo, Uruguay – Winner

2023
– Picture of the Year – Latin America (POY Latam), Portrait series, winner / highlighted

2022
– Indian Photo Fest, winner, India;
– Lensculture Portrait Awards 2022, finalist

2021
– Prêmio Marc Ferrez de Fotografia, Brazil;

2020
– Harvard University – Collective Isolation in Latin America Competition, 3rd pl winner.
– Emerson Collective’s Fellowship, finalist

2019
– Addis Fotofest, Etiópia;
– Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo do Pará, Brazil;
– European Photography Magazine, Germany;

2017
– Prêmio Pierre Verger, Brazil;
– Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo do Pará, Brazil;
– Fotolibro Latino Americano, Mexico
– PhotoEspana: Transatlantica, Brazil;
– Prêmio Doc Galeria Fotolivro, Brazil;
– Zumm Festival, Brazil;