Graduated in Geography, he has worked as a professional photographer for 13 years. With a critical and refined geographic and social vision, he portrays the reflections of the contrasts of the places he passed through. He worked on several projects for some entities, such as: Ministry of Education; Federal Universities, such as Brasilia and Tocantins; Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica. His publications can be seen in projects such as Wiki Educação Brasil and in national and international media outlets such as National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, El País and O Globo. Diego's identification with humanitarian and environmental causes leads him to document the activities of large organizations, including: Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Greenpeace, UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), GRAD (Group for the Rescue of Animals in Disasters ) and Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).