BRAIS LORENZO
OURENSE, 1986
Trained in Photography and Geography and History. He is interested in social and environmental issues. He believes in the transformative power of the image.
Since 2010 he combines photojournalism with long term documentary work. He is a regular contributor to Bloomberg, AFP and EFE Agency. He has taken photographs for other media such as El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, ABC, Público, Eldiario.es, Luzes Magazine, RTVE, XL Semanal, The Guardian and other agencies such as Anadolu or AP, in addition to various institutional and commercial works.
He has collaborated with organizations such as Greenpeace and WWF.
He is co-founder of the photographic collective OLLO.
AWARDS
- 2025:
- POYi Daily Life Picture Story – Award of Excellence
- The New York Times Porfolio Review – Selected photographer
- 2024:
- Eyeshot Open Call – Finalist
- FotoKozma OurNature PhotoAward – Finalist
- 2023
- Istambul Photo Awards – Ganador categoría naturaleza y medio ambiente
- International Photo Awards (IPA) – Mención de Honor
- Hamburg Porfolio Review – Selected photographer
- Gabo Award – Finalist Photography Category
- La Buena Prensa Award – Winner Series Category
- La Buena Prensa Award – Best Photography – Finalist
- 2022:
- Luis Ksado Award – Winner
- Estaçao Imagem – Winner Environment Category
- Estaçao Imagem – Honorable Mention – Daily Life Category
- Sony World Photography Awards Landscape Category – Shorlist
- Environmental Photographer of the Year (EPOTY) – Finalist
- News Photo Awards – Finalist
- Zampa Award – Finalist
- News Photo Awards – Finalista
- Asisafoto Award – Honorable Mention
- Luis Ksado Award – Winner
- 2021:
- POYi Daily Life singles – Winner
- Ortega y Gasset Journalism Award – Winner Best Photography
- News Photo Awards – Grand Prize
- Siena International Photo Awards – Winner Covid-19 Category
- Estaçao Imagem – Winner Picture of the Year
- Galicia en Foco Award – Winner
- Carlos Casares – Kristina Berg Award
- Albarracin Photography and Journalism Seminar Scolarship
- Sony World Photography Awards Portfolio Category – 2nd prize
- POY Latam. Daily Life singles – 2nd prize
- POYi Local Photographer of the year – Finalist
- POYi Local News Picture Story – Award of excelence
- NPPA – Best of Photojournalism 2020 – Contemporary Issues – Third place
- Xose Aurelio Carracedo Journalism Award – Winner
- ANI-Pix Trakk Award of Visa Pour L’Image Festival – Finalist
- The Circle of Life Award – Finalist
- Luis Ksado Award – Finalist
- Zampa Award – Finalist
- Asisafoto Award – Honorable Mention
- Selected to participate in Descubrimientos PHE 2021
- 2020: Finalist of the II Joana Biarnés Grant for Young Photojournalists
- 2017: Special mention in the Galicia en Foco award
- 2013: Winner of the SINIF firepress photography award at the National Symposium on Forest Fires
- 2012: Winner of the SINIF firepress photography award at the National Symposium on Forest Fires
EXHIBITIONS
- SOLO
- 2024-2025: Habitar o baleiro, Itinerant. Museo do Pobo Galego (Santiago de Compostela); Centro Cultural Marcos Valcárcel (Ourense); Museo Provincial (Lugo).
- 2025: O Entroido e a terra. Biblioteca Pública Nós (Ourense, Spain)
- 2021: Tempos de pandemia. Casa do Concello (O Carballiño, Spain)
- GROUP
- 2024-2025: A Galicia inédita, Itinerant (Galicia, Spain)
- 2023-2025: Lume. Imaxes dunha terra que arde, Itinerant (Galicia, Spain)
- 2023-2025: La Vía de la Plata. Aires do sur,
Itinerant. Cidade da Cultura de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela);
Centro Cultural Marcos Valcárcel (Ourense); Casa de Galicia (Madrid) - 2025: Entroidos tradicionais. Provincia de Ourense. Casa de Galicia (Madrid)
- 2021: At the Scenes of the Pandemic, at the National Museum of Contemporary History (Seoul, South Korea)
- 2021: Galicia en Vilo, Itinerant (A Coruña, Ourense, Lugo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- 2020: Antropoloxía Visual dunha Sociedade Confinada, at the Ethnological Museum (Ribadavia, Spain)
- 2019: Building a New World, at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts (Turin, Italy)
- 2019: Rande: pé ou refuxio do Capitán Nemo, at La Nacional Cultural Center (Manhattan, New York, USA)
- 2009: Realidade absoluta, at the Geraldes da Silva Gallery (Porto, Portugal)
- 2008: Art & Photo Exhibition (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), for the NGO Sara Canizzaro Child Minders Association
CONFERENCES AND TEACHING
- 2024: Conference. Jornadas Apertura EASD Mestre Mateo. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- 2024: Objetivo A Laxe II. Coordinator of photography workshops at Centro Comercial A Laxe (Vigo, Spain)
- 2023: Seminar: A construción dunha ollada fotográfica contemporánea dende Galicia. Faculty of Communication Sciences (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- 2023: Education4thePlanet Forum. Faculty of Communication Sciences (A Coruña, Spain)
- 2023: OIIO: Unha mirada colectiva. CREA Days, Antón Faílde School of Art (Ourense, Spain)
- 2023: Documentary Photography Workshop. Colectivo OIIO (Porto do Son, Spain)
- 2023: Photography Workshop. University Extension Course, Ourense University Campus. Colectivo OIIO (Ourense, Spain)
- 2023: Objetivo A Laxe. Coordinator of photography workshops at Centro Comercial A Laxe (Vigo, Spain)
- 2021: Conference Tiempos de Pandemia. Arenteiro Fotográfico (O Carballiño, Spain)
- 2017: Meeting with photography professionals. CREA Days, Antón Faílde School of Art (Ourense, Spain)