DOM SMAZ is a Swiss-Brazilian documentary photographer based in Lausanne (Switzerland) and frequently working in Brazil. Four times awarded with the Swiss Press Award, he's working for the Swiss & international press since 2011. Smaz work’s themes are often related to colonial heritage, racism, social differences and exclusion. In 2019 part of his Black Helvetia project was exhibited at Fotográfica Bogotá Festival (Colombia). Smaz has graduated at the Photography School of Vevey (Switzerland) in 2012. He is member of the French agency Hans Lucas.
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
Sunday Times Magazine + Financial Times + Internazionale + Leica Fotografie International + Die Zeit + Neue Zürcher Zeitung + NZZ am Sonntag + Sonntags Zeitung + Le Temps + GEO + APU + Börsen + Le Matin Dimanche + La Cité + Berner Zeitung + Republik.ch + Vice Magazine + Revue NEZ + L'OBS
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
Hamburg / Germany
Zurich National Museum / Switzerland