Giovanni Rodrigues Lopes comes from a Social Sciences background and has postgraduate studies in Cultural Management and Social Photography. Born in Brazil, but raised in Chile since early childhood, he feels as much a part of Andean as of Luso-American culture. He has worked as a territorial coordinator in a semi-rural municipality in Chile, in cultural management projects for the rescue and enhancement of cultural heritage and in independent documentary photographic research initiatives. In a world where reality is increasingly interpreted through the audiovisual, he sees photography as a powerful medium for social change and participation
