I am 72 years old, married with two daughters and four grandchildren. I was born in Niterói, Brazil. I learned photography in the late 1960s and began freelancing as a teenager. I learnt color printing at Kodak in Rio and did most of my b/w and color processing. For seven years I did mostly industrial photography and stage pictures for theatre and musicians. I also illustrated high school science books and taught scientific photography.
I took up photography again about 15 years ago, and had an individual show in late 2024, and some pictures featured on magazine covers and in photo fests in Brazil.
Between these two periods, I graduated in biology, obtained a PhD and became a leading researcher on biodiversity in Brazil. I am Emeritus Professor of ecology at the University of Campinas and Senior Research Fellow of the Brazilian National Research Council.
