DOM SMAZ is a Swiss-Brazilian photographer who is based in Lausanne (Switzerland), although he often works in Brazil. He is a five-time winner of the Swiss Press Award and for some ten years now has regularly contributed to both the national and international press, including Le Temps, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tages Anzeiger, Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Die Zeit. His photographs often deal with the themes of colonial heritage, social differences and marginalization. In 2022, his first book Helvécia. A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil has been published by Lars Müller Publishers. A solo exhibition on this subject took part at the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva (MEG), which was presented to more than 13'000 visitors. Mr. Smaz graduated from Vevey’s School of Photography (Switzerland) in 2012. He is a member of the French photographic agency Hans Lucas.
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
Sunday Times Magazine + Financial Times + Internazionale + Leica Fotografie International + The Guardian + Die Zeit + Neue Zürcher Zeitung + Tages Anzeiger + Sonntags Zeitung + Le Temps + GEO + L'OBS + APU + Börsen + Republik.ch +
Vice Magazine + Revue NEZ + La Cité
CORPORATE CLIENTS
IMD Business School + WGR Communication +
Tesla + Clinique de la Source + Ville de Genève + Tekhne Architecture + Keytek + Nagra Kudelski + CSD Engineers + ENSR International Private School + Holy Groove Festival + Cully Jazz Festival
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
2012 Federal Certificate in Photography
College of Applied Arts - CEPV
Vevey / Switzerland
2006 Certificate of Preparatory Studies
High School of Art and Design - ECAL
Lausanne / Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 Helvécia
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève / Switzerland
2021 Formé à Désobéir - Private Zoo
2019 Helvécia
Hamburg / Germany
Landesmuseum / Zurich / Switzerland