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Documentary Photography Festival<\/h1>\n

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FotoDoc \u2013 International Photography Festival<\/strong> is an event dedicated to fostering the production of documentary photography. It highlights long-term, authorial projects that address pressing contemporary issues, employing a variety of technical and formal approaches.<\/h3>\n

Documentary photography transcends all genres: street scenes, landscapes, portraits, nature, wildlife, and photojournalism. Its defining feature is a commitment to expressing reality with its social and critical implications, using montage techniques to construct compelling and engaging visual narratives. Through the combination of photographs and texts in diverse formats, it creates immersive storytelling experiences.<\/h3>\n

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HISTORY<\/span><\/h3>\n \n <\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758632515125{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

FotoDoc celebrated its birth in 2022, the result of a partnership between Vertente Fotografia, the production company of \u00c9rico Elias, and the Panamericana School of Art and Design.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With a background in Journalism and Photography, as well as a Master\u2019s and PhD in Visual Arts, \u00c9rico Elias served as Communication Coordinator, Curator, and Artistic Director of the Paraty em Foco festival for five editions, from 2015 to 2019. This experience led him to establish his own production company, Vertente, in 2019.<\/h3>\n

In 2020, \u00c9rico Elias created the new website of Fotografe<\/em> magazine, along with the Grande Pr\u00eamio Fotografe<\/em>, an annual contest held in 2021 and 2022. The winners of the 2021 edition were exhibited at the Panamericana Gallery, an initiative whose success inspired the creation of a festival. Thus, FotoDoc was born<\/strong>, organized by Vertente in partnership with Panamericana.<\/h3>\n

In its second edition<\/strong>, held in 2023, the festival introduced the FotoDoc Photo Contest<\/em>, which seeks to give visibility to works and themes relevant to today\u2019s world. The winners of the contest are featured in one of the festival\u2019s main exhibitions.<\/h3>\n

In its third edition<\/strong>, which took place from November 26 to 30, 2024, the festival expanded the number of winners of the FotoDoc Photo Contest from 17 to 20, strengthening the representation of emerging talents. This edition also marked the internationalization of the festival, with the participation of Dutch guests Elspeth Diederix<\/strong> and Erik Vroons<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n

The fourth edition<\/strong> of FotoDoc \u2013 International Photography Festival is scheduled to take place from November 4 to 8 at the Panamericana School of Art and Design in S\u00e3o Paulo (SP). With the theme Horizons<\/em>, it will address the challenges posed to humanity by global warming and its consequences, in the same year that Brazil hosts COP-30. The exhibition of FotoDoc Photo Contest winners will also expand, now featuring 25 awardees.<\/h3>\n

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FotoDoc<\/strong>
\nInternational Photography Festival<\/em><\/h3>\n

LOCATION:<\/strong>
\nPanamericana Escola de Arte e Design
\nAv. Ang\u00e9lica, 1,900 – Higien\u00f3polis
\nS\u00e3o Paulo (SP), Brazil<\/h3>\n

DATES:<\/strong>
\nNovember 4\u20138, 2025
\nOpening: November 4 at 6 PM
\nClosing: November 8 at 4 PM
\nExhibitions on display until January 10, 2026<\/h3>\n

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Please contact us with any questions regarding the festival program, tickets for activities, customer service or questions relating to the content of this website using the form below or by email at festival@fotodoc.com.br<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Panamericana
\nSchool of Art and Design<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/h2>\n

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Founded in 1963, the Panamericana School of Art and Design is a privileged space for teaching photography<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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