Miguel Rio Branco

Place: Las Palmas

Born: 1946

Biography:

Miguel Rio Branco is a Brazilian photographer, painter, and filmmaker (director and cinematographer) born in 1946. He is best known for his work as a Magnum photographer, and his photographs have been exhibited in numerous galleries, museums, and institutions around the world. Rio Branco's work has focused on Brazil and included photojournalism, and social and political criticism. He is an Associate Member of Magnum Photos and his photographs are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.