Brazilian visual artist whose practice is focused on the environmental and the Human Rights agendas, with a decolonial gaze from the Global South. Her projects are engaged in the political agency of photography and in the role of image-based media in society. She holds a PhD in Creative Arts awarded by the University for the Creative Arts/UK, and was trained by Magnum Photos and the Central Saint Martins of the University of the Arts London/UK.
Ribeiro was nominated for the Prix Pictet 2025, having also been nominated on the PhMuseum as one of the 12 women photographers to watch worldwide.
She is a member of Foto Féminas and collaborator of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and the Latin America Bureau. Her works have been exhibited internationally and featured on high-profile platforms, such as The Guardian, Photoworks, LensCulture, VIST Projects, The Royal Photographic Society Journal, and Viens Voir.
Awards:
. Earth Photo Awards - 2024 (awardee);
. Pictures of the Year Latin America / POY Latam - 2023 (awardee);
. Pierre Verger Photography prize - 2023 (shortlisted);
. Brazil's National Arts Foundation Marc Ferrez
Photography Prize - 2021 (awardee);
. PHotoEspaña Discoveries Award – 2020 (awardee);
. Encontros da Imagem EI Photobook Award – 2020 (shortlisted);
. Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles Book Award – 2019 (shortlisted);
. Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Grant – 2018 (shortlisted);
. Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award – 2017 (shortlisted);
. The Royal Photographic Society Awards – 2014 (awardee);
. International Art Residency Prize LabMIS (Museum of Image and Sound/MIS, Brazil and Can Xalant, Spain) – 2012 (awardee);
. ESSO Journalism Prize – 2010 (recipient).
