São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
$400 - $1250 / Day
Request QuoteAvener Prado was born in Porto Velho, state of Rondônia, in northern Brazil, in 1991. He began his career as a photo-documentary artist in the Brazilian Amazon at the age of 18. He joined the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo as a photojournalist in 2012. Highlights for some of his work in Brazil: Urban violence in cities; The epidemic of the Zika virus in Pernambuco; The mining disasters in Minas Gerais; The destruction of the Amazon rainforest; The indigenous movement and its cultural diversity. He traveled across countries to tell stories like: Ebola in Sierra Leone; Immigration in the Mediterranean Sea from Italy; Walls that divide US-Mexico borders or neighborhoods, in the mountains of Lima in Peru. In 2019, already as a freelancer, he published reports in the newspapers Le Monde and The Guardian, and other works for Brazilian media. Her work has received awards, including the ICRC's International Humanitarian Coverage Award, the King of Spain for Digital Journalism and POY Latam - The Future of Cities.
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Rebellion in the presidency of Alcaçuz in Natal, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The presidency was the scene of the war of Brazilian factions for control of the territory.
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In the middle of the most violent regional capital in Brazil, a brutal gang war is being fought over control of the drug supply routes of the Northwestern Amazon region. Poverty and coercion force many young men into a life of crime where the only ways to escape are incarceration or death. But amidst the carnage, there is a glimmer of hope - the “91” is a group of former gang lords turned pastors, who offer salvation to gang members who want to leave the criminal life. Their standing in the gang community, forged out of years of service and hard-fought respect, mean that only they can vouch for criminals looking to trade crime for the path of God. By recording videos of these gangsters in repentance - that follow a tight script and are then shared with the higher ranks of the gangs for approval - they are saving hundreds of lives that Brazilian institutions overlook. This is the story of the “91”. Directing and DOP: Mauricio Monteiro Filho and Avener Prado Soundtrack: Gustavo Monteiro Editing: Mauricio Monteiro Filho and Diego Arvate Producers: Charlie Rosser and Matt Shea
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In the memory of farmer Inácio Manuel da Silva and other hinterlanders, the current aridity, which started in 2012, is the longest that the Northeast has ever gone through. On the researchers' hard drives, simulations predict that the water deficit of recent times should become the “new normal” of the region, due to changes in the global climate.
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Epidemic of microcephaly and Zika virus in Pernambuco. In the beginning, because it had symptoms similar to those of dengue, it came to be called "mysterious disease".
Ten kilometers of concrete barrier that cut the hills of the Peruvian capital summarize the social and ethnic chasm in the country. Wall of shame in Lima, Peru.
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Residents of Chapecó, fill the stadium and sing in memory of the 71 victims of the flight that carried the Chapecoense football team.
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