DOM SMAZ is a Swiss-Brazilian documentary photographer, member of studio Hans Lucas. He's working for the Swiss & international press since 2011. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and frequently travelling to Brazil. His work’s themes are often related to colonial heritage, racism, social differences and exclusion.
This year, he was awarded third place at Swiss Press Award 2018 for the category “Daily Life” with the story “Et en Attendant?”, about homeless people in Lausanne. One picture of his “Black Helvetia” photo documentary is currently part of the exhibition “Mobile World” at the MKG museum of Hamburg, Germany.
Dom has graduated at the Photography School of Vevey, Switzerland in 2012. .
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
Sunday Times Magazine + Financial Times + Internazionale
Leica Fotografie International + Die Zeit + Neue Zürcher Zeitung
NZZ am Sonntag + Sonntags Zeitung + Le Temps + GEO Histoire
APU + Vice Magazine + Börsen + Republik + Le Matin Dimanche + La Cité
WGR Communication + Clinique de la Source + Geneva City + Geneva's Industrial Services + CSD Engineers + Tekhne Architecture + Keytek SA
AWARDS
2018 Swiss Press Award / 3rd place
2014 Photoeil Award / Winner
2013 Swiss Press Award / 3rd place
2011 New York Photo Awards / Honorable Mention
2011 VFG Young Talent Award / Selected
2010 Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards / Selected
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Et en Attendant? / Collective expo.
Swiss Press Award / Zurich National Museum / Switzerland
2014 Ascensoristes / Collective expo.
Photoeil Award / Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cerbère / France
2013 Des Cabanes et des Hommes / Collective expo.
Swiss Press Award / Zurich National Museum / Switzerland
2013 Wait Workers / Collective expo.
Festival du Film de Martigny / Switzerland
2012 Portiers / Collective expo.
VFG Young Talent Award / ECAL / Lausanne / Switzerland
2011 Wait Workers / Collective expo.
Journées Photographiques de Bienne / Switzerland
2011 Portiers / Collective expo.
VFG Young Talent Award / Kunsthaus Baselland / Switzerland
2011 Portiers / Collective expo.
New York Photo Awards / Peri Photographic Center / Turku / Finland
2011 Identités Clandestines / Collective pro.
Boutographies Rencontres Photographiques / Montpellier / France
2010 Identités Clandestines / Collective expo.
KL Photo Awards / Annexe Gallery / Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia