Dom Smaz
Hans Lucas
Lausanne, Suisse
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. From 2011 to 2014, Smaz was part of the Geneva photographic agency Rezo.ch alongside Jean Revillard, Nicolas Righetti and Niels Ackerman. Since 2019, he has been a member of the French photographic agency Hans Lucas.
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times Magazine, Financial Times, Internazionale, Vice, Leica Fotografie International, Die Zeit, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ am Sonntag, Tages Anzeiger, Sonntags Zeitung, der Bund Berner Zeitung, Le Temps, Le Matin Dimanche, L?Illustré, GEO Histoire, Harper's Bazaar, Børsen, APU, Republik.ch, L?OBS, So Good, Terre & Nature, Migros magazine, La Croix Hebdo, la revue NEZ
CORPORATE / INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS
CHUV, Etat de Vaud, IMD Business School, Tesla, WWF, Clinique de la Source, RTS, Ville de Genève, Tekhne Architecture, Kudelski Security, École Nouvelle (ENSR), Intermezzo Films, Greenpeace, Confédération Suisse
2018 - Swiss Press Photo / Bern / Switzerland, 2014 - Prix Phot'oeil, 2013 - Swiss Press Photo / Bern / Switzerland, 2011 - New York Photo Awards / USA , 2011 - VFG 15, Young Talents Price / Zürich / Switzerland, 2008 - University of Lausanne / Switzerland , 2023 - Kraszna Krausz Photo Book Award / London / UK, 2023 - Swiss Press Photo / Bern / Switzerland, 2022 - Swiss Press Photo / Bern / Switzerland, 2021 - Swiss Press Photo / Bern / Switzerland
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