Rio de Janeiro

The celebrated Brazilian fashion photographer Rafael Pavarotti was born in 1993 in Icoaraci, Pará, in the Amazon region. Today, he is internationally renowned for his mastery of hyper-saturated colors and his theatrical staging.

From October 2, 2026, to May 2, 2027, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs will present the work of 33 years old Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti—his first solo exhibition and retrospective in France.

Rafael Pavarotti takes pride in his…

... what happens when the visions we have relied on no longer hold up? When progress appears less like a promise and more like an abyss? The group exhibition FUTUR seeks the future not merely in new images, but in the relationships generated by our present—between people, institutions, technologies, and the environment.

In collaboration with the Paris-based collective Le Wonder, the exhibition brings together artistic positions that do not predict the future, but rather…

If you wanted to buy drugs in the western world at the beginning of the 19th century, you went to the pharmacy. Today, if you want to buy drugs, you have to go to a dealer. Helena Barop explains how medicines became intoxicants, intoxicants became narcotics and narcotics became illegal drugs. The historian dispels prejudices and half-truths and uses numerous examples to illustrate this: The history of drug policy is a sequence of dazzling ambivalences that need to be…

SICREDI is the first cooperative financial initiative in Brazil. From people for people. With more than four million members and a comprehensive product and service portfolio.

Autumn SONNICHSEN c/o EMEIS DEUBEL photographed the latest campaign for SICREDI Bank for the agency House of Creativity on location in Brazil.

Sicredi is present in 22 states throughout Brazil and the federal district of Brasília with more than 2.7 thousand branches as well as the rest of the country…

VOGUE Germany is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year – and to mark the occasion, is bringing fashion and art to life with its VOGUE Closet exhibition. With the format, which took place for the first time in Italy in 2023, we would like to illustrate how closely fashion and culture mutually depend on one another, which is just perfect for the Gallery Weekend in Berlin.” says Kerstin Weng, Head of Editorial Content at VOGUE Germany.

VOGUE : “During Gallery Weekend in…

ZAV Models invites you to the free online summit MODEL 4.0 on ‘AI IN ADVERTISING – COMPETITION | REVOLUTION | TRANSFORMATION’, where they will speak with industry players about chances and challenges.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly permeating the advertising sector. Today, campaigns generated with AI, and even AI models, are already used almost ubiquitously. But what will our advertising commissions of tomorrow be like as a consequence? Will models and performers…

ZARA HOME stands for equally trendy and timeless home accessories from the ZARA Group, utterly spoiled by success. The production presented here was under the executive of production company TWO PALMS and whisks viewers away to the Casa das Canoas by legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer. The emblematic building located in Rio de Janeiro was built in 1953 and was the personal residential building of Oscar Niemeyer for most of his life. Today, it is open to the public.

“The Casa…

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CREDITS

Photographer: Jacob and Carrol

Styling: Aki Maesato

Fashion Editor: Filipa Bleck

Make up: William Murphy

Hair: George Kyriakos

Nails: Nori @ SEE Management

Finishing: One Hundred Berlin

STRAVA is a social network for internet-based tracking of sports activities, such as cycling, jogging, swimming, skiing or rowing. It is operated by the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco.

Photographer Lucas Garrido personally ran across São Paulo and photographed the new STRAVA campaign, and at his side were the athletic producers from Two Palms Productions.

Members of Strava can save the distances they have covered using a mobile app for smartphones or…

Vamos criar – is Portuguese and roughly means ‘come on, let’s create!’ The claim with which IBM is now presenting the new generation of creative go-getters – paving the way for us to a better future.

The global IBM ‘New Creators’ campaign, realized by photographer Bob Wolfenson, was produced by TWO PALM PRODUCTIONS.

IBM on the campaign : “IBM celebrates people who use technology creatively to drive change in business and the world. We call them the New Creators.” Right now…

At the 2023 Advertising Film Awards, which took place on 24 March for the tenth time hosted by the German Advertising Film Academy and was celebrated at Kampnagel in Hamburg with 700 guests, the grand jury awarded the film ‘The Spider and the Window’ by Zauberberg in the ultimate discipline: Best Advertising Film.

Considered with three further Hattos was the production for the client Samsung in the categories Best Directing (Dorian & Daniel), Best Animation (The Mill, award…

Founded in 1997, FARM RIO is today among the most beloved clothing and lifestyle brands in Brazil. The story began at a local fashion market in Rio by the name of Babilonia Feira Hype where the founders Katia Barros and Marcello Bastos took the risk of launching their fashion line literally ‘onto the market’ – a line embodying the feminine spirit and vibrant colors of Rio from the very beginning. Brazilians quickly fell in love with the brand, the booth became a store and…

We are delighted to welcome 21 SUN PRODUCTIONS from Rio de Janeiro on GoSee. For fifteen years, they have provided their clients with extraordinary locations as well as high-end production services throughout Latin America with a main focus on Brazil. For personal support, which as we know makes all the difference, Producers Dudu Schmidt and Luciana Petrocchi are gladly at your service.

“In 2005, we began providing all logistical requirements for American and European…

For the July ‘22 Issue, the Bazaar team took it to Ceará to present the best handcrafted fashion and local beachwear in its magazine. For the cover, model Joy COSTA c/o LOUISA MODELS was clad in a dress from Brazilian label Theresa (@theresaoficial) and glasses from the second-hand store Minha Avó Tinha.

“Muito feliz e grata com essa conquista.” Joy Costa.

At a length of 573 km, Ceará has one of the longest coastlines in Brazil, and it borders the Atlantic in the north and…

A timeless modern visual language that makes people dream to this day. Precisely what Oscar Niemeyer stands for. Which is why his architectural icons of the modern age serve as the perfect background for the motorized icons of our time like the RENAULT KWID presented here, staged as light as a feather with a young look & feel by transportation specialist SÉBASTIEN STAUB.

Sébastian Staub : “I had the chance to shoot this version of the Renault KWID last November in Rio de…

For the second time the STRIKE A POSE Festival has staged cross-genre intersections between fashion and art at the Museum K21 in the Ständehaus venue and in galleries throughout Düsseldorf’s metropolitan area. Jury Chairperson Ilona Marx, (fashion expert, journalist) explains : “Just how fashion and art take flight in symbiosis, while exchanging ideas and leading one another to new horizons, is what we had the pleasure of experiencing at the first edition of the festival…

Crowded beaches, people laughing, skin against skin – scenes we will all hopefully soon experience again live. Photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno presents the beauty of Rio’s Ipanema beach with breathtaking light atmospheres in her wonderful book ‘Águas de Ouro’ (publisher: Radius Books).

“In her latest monograph, SANDRA CATTANEO ADORNO explores the unique character of Rio de Janeiro through images that combine moments of street photography with abstract, lyrical…

TWO PALMS PRODUCTIONS supported the new Summer campaign for BROWNS FASHION in São Paulo. “Take a trip to Brazil and follow model JUSTIN ERIC MARTIN on a journey across São Paulo’s urban dreamscape wearing the standout looks of S/S ‘20 – think clean lines, sharp cuts and color pops that echo the monumental structures of architect Lina Bo Bardi...” says BROWNS FASHION on the campaign. And the womenswear campaign with Brasilian beauty Thalitas Farias was also realized by TWO…

Autumn SONNICHSEN c/o EMEIS DEUBEL realized photos and a film with athletes from the Esquilo Sports Club for the NATURA BRASIL X TWITTER cooperation.

With captivating atmospheric flair, Patrick Houi c/o MARLENE OHLSSON PHOTOGRAPHERS photographed at the beach in Rio for MYTHERESA.COM. The new summer looks were staged elegantly by the photographer in the glaring sunlight and at dusk. Several more works by the fashion photographer are available via MARLENE OHLSSON. Plus, the Hamburg-based agency is presenting the portfolios of its artists at the next UPDATE19 in Berlin.

GoSee member TWO PALMS was on a mission at the beach in Rio de Janeiro as the local Production Company for a FRESCOBOL CARIOCA menswear shoot. The campaign was photographed by Alex Bramall entirely in line with the style of the brand – cool, active & always friendly. Before his successful career as a photographer, the London-based fashion and portrait specialist worked several years as art director and in the Art department of British Vogue. In creation was Art Director…

Multiple award-winning Brazilian photographer Gustavo Minas makes discoveries where everything seems to be known already. On the streets of Brazil, the Master of Light and Ahadows subtly turns his gaze on the everyday and the unspectacular and creates a new world with his visual language.

Gustavo Minas studied photography with Carlos Moreira, a classic street photographer from São Paulo. Moreira introduced him to the work of Harry Gruyaert and Gueorgui Pinkhassov. “I wanted…

Feel the Heat: Two Palms Productions for MyTheresa! Brazilian production company TWO PALMS wraps up production for the fashion client MYTHERESA.COM. Photographed and filmed for the Spring / Summer 2019 issue with models Martha Hunt, Anna Mila Guyenz & Michelle Dantas. Photos were shot by Patrick HOUI c/o Marlene Ohlsson Photographers, and DOP on set was Kevin KLEIN. Creative Director from Mytheresa.com was Julian Paul, and art buying was in the hands of Claudia Bußjaeger…

Brazilian Image Concept Studio Platinum c/o ANALOG/DIGITAL staged the new 2019 Ford Ka using CGI. "The latest automotive project from Platinum! A fully computer-generated campaign for the release of Ford's 2019 Ka models. The use of CGI (3D) over traditional photography gave Platinum full control of the creative process, while lowering costs and eliminating logistical and weather-related problems." (advertising: Agency GTB, Creative Director: Daniel Leitao, Art Director…