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Rafael V.

São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

1 review

$250 - $1500 / Day

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About Rafael

Rafael Vilela is an independent Brazilian photographer currently reporting on social injustice and the environmental crisis in his country. He was one of the founders of Midia NINJA, an initiative that today has more than 8 million followers. His photographs are part of São Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP) permanent collection. In 2014 he was invited by Magnum Photos to be one of the Brazilian photographers in the OffSide Brazil project to report on the World Cup. Rafael was also nominated for World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He has collaborated on international publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, VICE, The Intercept and National Geographic. In 2020 he was selected by National Geographic's Emergency Fund for Journalists covering Covid-19 and his work with Covid Latam won the POYLatam and the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo.

Top Services

  • News Shooter / Video Journalist

    1 review

Top Projects

  • Footage of colonizer statue set on fire

    • News Shooter / Video Journalist

    Videos and photos of Brazilian Borba Gato burning statue.

    Produced for AJPlus on Storyhunter

    July 2021

  • Losing elders to COVID-19 endangers Indigenous languages

    • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
    • Drone Operator

    Photographer

  • Freelance Photographer

    • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

    Photo reportage

  • Freelance Photographer

    • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
    • Reporter / Journalist

    Photo reportage

  • Freelance Photographer

    • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
    • Reporter / Journalist

    Photo Reportage

Equipment

Video

  • 4K video camera
  • DSLR or equivalent
  • Drone

Audio

  • External recorder

All Services

Pre-Production

  • Content Strategist

Production Support

  • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
  • Event Photographer
  • Landscape Photographer
  • Portrait Photographer
  • Field Producer
  • Digital Content Creator
  • Documentary DP
  • Drone Operator
  • News Shooter / Video Journalist
  • Reporter / Journalist

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