Based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Bio
Master’s student in Art History and Aesthetics at the University of São Paulo (USP).
Gui Christ is a lens-based artist whose work investigates the enduring impacts of colonialism in Brazil through the narratives of Afro-diasporic and peripheral communities. Blending contemporary visual language with anthropological and historical research, his practice develops critical and immersive perspectives on social inequality, memory, and resistance.
Since 2015, Christ has worked as a documentary photographer, contributing regularly to international media outlets including Time Magazine, National Geographic, The Washington Post, GEO Magazine, Libération, El País, Die Zeit, and others.
His debut photobook, Marrocos (2016), portrays the largest homeless occupation in São Paulo and received several national and international recognitions, including the Pierre Verger Brazilian National Photography Prize and PhotoEspaña Descubrimientos. His second book, Fissura (2020), focuses on the Crackland, one of the world’s largest open-air drug markets, and received international recognition. The project was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award and was featured by European Photography Magazine, which recognized Christ among the notable photographers of his generation.
Christ’s projects have been exhibited at major international photography festivals, including Les Rencontres d’Arles (France), Photoville (USA), PhotoEspaña (Spain), and PhotoVogue Festival (Italy), where he was selected from more than 5,000 applicants as one of Latin America’s 40 emerging artists.
He has received significant awards and grants, including the Marc Ferrez Photography Prize (Brazil), the Pulitzer Center Grant for Journalism (USA), and the National Geographic Explorer Grant (USA). In 2025, his long-term project M’kumba — investigating Afro-Brazilian mythologies and religious racism — won first place in the Portrait category at the Sony World Photography Awards (UK), as well as the POY Latam (Ecuador), one of the leading photography awards in Latin America.
His photographs and books are held in public and academic collections, including the National Museum of Fine Arts (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the São Paulo City Museum (Brazil), Harvard University (USA), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (France), and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (France), among other cultural institutions.