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. A part of his “Black Helvetia” photo documentary was featured on the exhibition “Mobile World” at the MKG museum of Hamburg, Germany last year.
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
2019 Black Helvetia / collective exhibition
Fotográfica Bogotá Festival/ Colombia
2018Black Helvetia / collective exhibition
Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe / Hamburg / Germany
2018 Et en Attendant? / collective exhibition / Swiss Press Award / Zurich National Museum / Switzerland
2014 Ascensoristes / collective exhibition
Photoeil Award / Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cerbère / France
2013 Des Cabanes et des Hommes / collective exhibition
Swiss Press Award / Zurich National Museum / Switzerland
2013 Wait Workers / collective exhibition
Festival du Film de Martigny / Switzerland
2012 Portiers / collective exhibition
VFG Young Talent Award / ECAL / Lausanne / Switzerland
2011 Wait Workers / collective exhibition
Journées Photographiques de Bienne / Switzerland
2011 Portiers / collective exhibition
VFG Young Talent Award / Kunsthaus Baselland / Switzerland
2011 Portiers / collective exhibition
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