DOM SMAZ is a Swiss-Brazilian photographer who is based in Lausanne (Switzerland), although he often works in Brazil. He won six Swiss Press Awards and for some ten years now has regularly contributed to both the national and international press, including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Internazionale, Die Zeit, Le Temps, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Tages Anzeiger. His photographs often deal with themes of colonial heritage, social differences and marginalization. In 2022, his first book Helvécia. A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil was published by Lars Müller Publishers, followed by an exhibition about Helvécia and its history at the Musée Ethnographique de Genève (MEG), attended by over 13,000 visitors. In 2023, his book was one of three shortlisted for the prestigious English Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards. Then Smaz was rewarded again by the Swiss Press Photo for his work about Helvécia, winning 2nd place in the "Swiss Stories" category. Smaz graduated from the Vevey School of Photography (Switzerland) in 2012. He is a member of the French photographic agency Hans Lucas.
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
The Times + 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
CHUV + IMD Business School + WGR Communication +
Tesla + Clinique de la Source + Canton de Vaud + 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
BOOK
2022 Helvécia. A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil
Lars Müller Publishers
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 Helvécia
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève / Switzerland
2021 Formé à Désobéir - Private Zoo
2019 Helvécia
Hamburg / Germany
Landesmuseum / Zurich / Switzerland