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Brazilian photographer and guest collaborator of Galería Sur, Gabriel Lordello has spent his career turning his lens on the margins of cities, popular culture, and lived religiosity. His first encounter with photography came at twelve, when his father lent him a camera for a school trip — a moment that set the course of his practice.
He holds a degree in Photojournalism and a postgraduate qualification in Communication Management, and spent ten years (2004–2014) as a photojournalist and editor at the newspaper A Gazeta. He is a founding partner of Mosaico Imagem photography agency and of Mosaico Fotogaleria, a space established in 2018 in Vitória, Brazil, dedicated to exhibitions, workshops, talks, and events centred on photography.
His artistic work pursues the beauty hidden in the everyday — street corners, acts of faith, fragments of popular culture that pass unnoticed. Each photograph is an invitation to look again at the world just beyond the city centre.
Featured Activities
Exhibitions
2025
Masks of Faith (Máscaras da Fé) exhibition, Stoychev Gallery, Yambol, Bulgaria
Masks of Faith (Máscaras da Fé) exhibition, G8 Cultural Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hercule Florence Photography Festival (Festival Hercule Florence de Fotografia), São Paulo, Brazil
2024
Featured Photo (Foto em Pauta) group exhibition, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cultural Manifestations (Manifestações Culturais), Amparo em Foco festival, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Yemanjá exhibition, PhotoSyntesys Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tesserae (Tesselas) exhibition, Mosaico Fotogaleria, Vitória, Brazil
2017
Capixaba exhibition, G8 Cultural Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Contemporary Perspectives on Bulgaria (Olhares Contemporâneos sobre a Bulgária) exhibition, Dragão do Mar Cultural Centre, Fortaleza, Brazil
12th Vitória in Art (12º Vitória em Arte) group exhibition, Porto House of Visual Arts, Vitória, Brazil
Simple as That (Simples assim) exhibition, La Dolina Cultural Space, Vitória, Brazil
Publications
2019
Capixaba Expedition: A Picturesque and Photographic Journey through Espírito Santo (Expedição Capixaba: Uma viagem pitoresca e fotográfica pelo Espírito Santo)
2014
Gildo Loyola: 40 Years of Photojournalism (Gildo Loyola: 40 anos de fotojornalismo)
2013
Intertwined Stories: 85 Years of A Gazeta (Histórias que se Entrelaçam: 85 anos de A Gazeta)
2012
Catalogue of Capixaba Crafts (Catálogo do Artesanato Capixaba)
Stories of the Indigenous Peoples of Espírito Santo (Histórias dos Índios do Espírito Santo)
Main Prizes
2016
Findes Journalism Award (Prêmio Findes de Jornalismo), Espírito Santo Industries Federation, Brazil
2013
Petrobras Cultural Journalism Award (Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo Cultural), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., Brazil
Recent Projects: Curation, Organisation and Production
2025
Round-table discussion on the exhibition Other Americas (Outras Américas) by Sebastião Salgado, Vitória, Brazil
Curation of the exhibitions Turtle Bay: Marine Riches of the Capital of Espírito Santo (Baía das Tartarugas) by Leonardo Merçon, Kalunga by Gustavo Minas and Orestes Locatel, Shadow of Time (Sombra do Tempo) by Pedro Fonseca and Of the Body: Almost Naked (Do corpo, quase nu) by Marcelo Macaue, Vitória, Brazil
2024
Production and organisation of the exhibition Other Americas (Outras Américas) and the Amazonia (Amazônia) screening by Sebastião Salgado, Vitória, Brazil