Paula Pedrosa
Paula Machado Pedrosa (born 1978) is a Brazilian photographer and naturalist based in São Paulo. She is known for her exhibits that explores the tensions between natural and artificial, science and fiction and/or factual and imagined, one of which (Nunca Enganaremos) was awarded the 2022 FCW Photo Prize and the 2020 Nova Fotografia Prize.
Paula Pedrosa
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- Name
- Paula Pedrosa
- Birth Name
- Paula Machado Pedrosa
- Known for
- Photography Paula Machado Pedrosa (born 1978) is a Brazilian photographer and naturalist based in São Paulo.
- Full name
- Paula Machado Pedrosa.
- Born
- 1978. · São Paulo.
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- artist, naturalist, ecologist and photographer.
- Fields
- photography, contemporary art and ecology.
- Education
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, National Institute of Amazonian Research and Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing.
- Honours
- Conrad Wessel Award and Nova Fotografia.
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Paula Machado Pedrosa (born 1978) is a Brazilian photographer and naturalist based in São Paulo. She is known for her exhibits that explores the tensions between natural and artificial, science and fiction and/or factual and imagined, one of which (Nunca Enganaremos) was awarded the 2022 FCW Photo Prize and the 2020 Nova Fotografia Prize.
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Biography
Biography
Paula Pedrosa studied at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, National Institute of Amazonian Research and Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing. The field of work recorded is photography, contemporary art and ecology. Residence is recorded at São Paulo. Works named in the authority record are The Living Nature of the Stone-Dead, Novas e Antigas Anomalias do Sítio Urbano de São Paulo and Diorama (photobook). Work by Paula Pedrosa is recorded in the collections of Art Museum of the Americas and Museum of Sound and Image of Alagoas. Distinctions recorded are Conrad Wessel Award and Nova Fotografia.
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Key facts
• Name — Paula Pedrosa • Birth Name — Paula Machado Pedrosa • Known for — Photography Paula Machado Pedrosa (born 1978) is a Brazilian photographer and naturalist based in São Paulo. She is known for her exhibits that explores the tensions between natural and artificial, science and fiction and/or factual and imagined, one of which (Nunca Enganaremos) was awarded the 2022 FCW Photo Prize and the 2020 Nova Fotografia Prize.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1978
Paula Pedrosa born at São Paulo.
Publications
• 2026: The Living Nature of the Stone Dead (or Nunca Enganaremos), as primary author. • 2022: H is for Hemp, as photography editor and concept advisor. • 2021: Embodied Forest, as contributing author. • 2019: Diorama, as primary author.
Awards and honours
• FCW Photo Prize (2022), winner. • Nova Fotografia (2020), winner. • Foto em Pauta (2018), shortlisted.
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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.
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