Alumni
Leandro is a photographer and documentarian.
In 2008 his proposal for a documentary on immigration was selected by a Brazilian culture fund for production. Leandro directed and edited the resulting project, New Immigrants which documents the lives of recent arrivals to his home town, Caxias do Sul, in southern Brazil.
The following year, he shot and edited a documentary about local rock bands from the 1980's and '90s.
In the United States, Leandro served as an intern at Magnum In Motion, where he produced a series of multimedia trailers about photographer Larry Towell's work in Afghanistan.
Leandro also produced Who Are You?, a five-part multimedia project about everyday New Yorkers, each beginning with the subject's subway commute.
Prior to his internship at MediaStorm, he was a multimedia producer at the 2010 Eddie Adams Workshop.
Leandro's photography has appeared in newspapers and magazines in Brazil, Portugal and New York. He has a degree in social communication with an emphasis in advertising from the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
Project Showcase
Southern Yemen is a battlefield. I Know Where I’m Going follows ICRC representative Hussein Saleh as he works to ensure that the organization can provide aid to the victims of the conflicts that grip this dangerous and volatile region.
Benny is a “certified” garbologist. He collects what others throw away. Benny is also at war with his family. Here is a man sharing a house with his wife but living as a stranger. This is a household on the edge.