Presentation
Mário Macilau was born in Maputo, Mozambique, in 1984. A social documentary photographer and activist, he mainly photographs in black and white and documents the inhabitants of Mozambique, including marginalized and neglected communities.
Mário Macilau was working in the markets of Mozambique when he bought a camera at the age of 14. All of his work endeavors to show the social and economic realities of his country. Her recurring themes are identity, memory, injustice, and the environment. His recent photographic projects are on the landfills of Maputo and Hulene, where he will accompany for several months the daily life of the people who work there.
He exhibited at Musée de la Photographie de Saint Louis, Senegal (2018); La Villette, Paris (2017); Pavilion of the Holy See, 56th Venice Biennale (2015); Vitra Museum, Weil am Rhein (2015); Fotofestiwal Łódź, Poland (2015); Saatchi Gallery, London (2014); The African Art Auction, Bonhams, London (2013); Bienalle de Lubumbashi (2013), The Biennale Arts Actuels, Saint-Denis, Réunion (2013); Biennale of African Photography, Mali (2011); VI Chobi Mela Photo Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2011); and Lagos Photo, Nigeria (2011).
He is in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre.
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The artistic movements of the artists are: Black and White Portraits
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1984