Léu Britto
LÉU BRITTO
(São Paulo/sp, 1987).
Cofounder of Dicampana
Foto Coletivo (Dicampana Photographic Collective), with which he has worked since 2016. Léu Britto was born in Favela Monte Azul in São Paulo’s Southside. Self-taught, he got started in the art of photography in 2007, recording the Movimento Estadual da População em Situação de Rua (Homeless Population State Movement) demonstration at Sé Square in downtown São Paulo.
As a photojournalist, he already worked for outlets such as Rede Brasil Atual between 2012 and 2013; and Mural Blog and News Agency from the Outskirts, work he started in 2010 and continues to date. As photo-documentarist in the cultural sector, he did commissions for União Popular de Mulheres (Popular Women’s Front) and Agência Solano Trindade between 2013 and
2016; for Projeto REDES and for Festival Percurso in its editions of years 2013 and 2019; and for the 11th Mostra Cultural da Cooperifa, in 2018. His works also gained visibility in 2017 with exhibitions “Monogaleria” at Sesc Campo Limpo, and
“Otros carnavales”, organized in partnership between Mídia NINJA and Rede Latino- Americana de Fotografia Coletiva (Latin American Photographic Collective Network).
Selected by the Photothings Festival in 2021, Léubritto released his first photobook by Porto de Cultura last year, with the title “A gambiologia da sevirologia”.