Lalo de Almeda
Lalo de Almeida (born 1970) is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in São Paulo. He has been co-winner of the W. Eugene Smith Grant and has twice won first prize awards in the World Press Photo Contest.
Also recorded as Lalo de Almeida
Lalo de Almeda
- Name
- Lalo de Almeida
- Born
- 1970
- Education
- Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan
- Known for
- Photography
- Awards
- W.
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Occupation
- photojournalist · photographer
- Honours
- World Press Photo · World Press Photo of the Year
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Lalo de Almeida (born 1970) is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in São Paulo. He has been co-winner of the W. Eugene Smith Grant and has twice won first prize awards in the World Press Photo Contest.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Lalo de Almeda (born 1970) is a Brazilian photographer and photojournalist. The photographer was born in São Paulo. Lalo de Almeda received World Press Photo and World Press Photo of the Year.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Lalo de Almeda. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q111530893 · wikipedia · Lalo de Almeida
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lalo de Almeida • Born — 1970 • Education — Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan • Known for — Photography • Notable Works — "Amazonian Dystopia" • Awards — W. Eugene Smith Grant • Website — lalodealmeida.com.br
Life and work
Life and work
Almeida studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy. Since the late 1990s, he has worked in Brazil for the daily newspaper Folha de S.Paulo and since 2005 for The New York Times. Since 2020, he has been represented by Panos Pictures. His long-term project Amazonian Dystopia is about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, by logging, gold mining and hydroelectric power generation, under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.
Short video documentaries
Short video documentaries
• A World of Walls • The Battle of Belo Monte • The Climate Crisis
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1970
Lalo de Almeda was born in 1970 at São Paulo.
Publications
• Nas Asas do Correio Aéreo: a rota do Tocantins = Flying with the airmail service. São Paulo: Metalivros, 2002.. Edited by Isio Bacaleinick and with text by Tânia Carvalho. Brazilian Portuguese-language edition.
Awards
• 2017: 2nd prize, Contemporary Issues category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for "Victims of the Zika Virus" • 2021: 1st Prize, Environment category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for "Pantanal Ablaze" • 2021: Co-winner, W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, USA for Amazonian Dystopia. A $10,000 grant. • 2022: Overall winner, Long-Term Projects category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for Amazonian Dystopia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Lalo de Almeida World Press Photo. www.worldpressphoto.org.
- 2.Lalo de Almeida captura com câmera digital as mudanças do Planeta - Portuguese. China Radio International.
- 3.W. Eugene Smith Fund : W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography : Lalo de Almeida. The Eye of Photography Magazine. 2021-11-02.
- 4.Lalo de Almeida ENS-AJ World Press Photo. www.worldpressphoto.org.
- 5.Power shots: The photographs more potent than words. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2022-04-22.
- 6.Lalo de Almeida. Panos Pictures.
- 7.Amazonian Dystopia World Press Photo. www.worldpressphoto.org.
- 8.2017 Lalo de Almeida CIS2-AJ World Press Photo. www.worldpressphoto.org.
- 9.Fotógrafo Lalo de Almeida, da Folha, vence prêmio regional do World Press Photo. Folha de S.Paulo. 2022-03-24.
- 10.World Press Photo Contest 2022: Global winners revealed. BBC News. 2022-04-08.
- 11.Fotógrafo Lalo de Almeida, da Folha, vence prêmio regional do World Press Photo. Folha de S.Paulo. 2022-03-24.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Lalo de Almeda is recorded as having received World Press Photo and World Press Photo of the Year.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Laila el-HaddadPhotographer
- Lajos VajdaPhotographer
- Lala Deen DayalPhotographer
- Lallie CharlesPhotographer
- Lâm Tấn TàiPhotographer
- Lamberto AlvarezPhotographer
- Lamia JoreigePhotographer
- Lana ŠlezićPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Lalo de Almeda?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.