Adriana Zehbrauskas

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Adriana Zehbrauskas was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She received her degree in Journalism in 1989 and moved to Paris where she studied Linguistics and Phonetics at the Sorbonne Nouvelle.She worked as a staff photographer for Folha de S. Paulo, in Brazil, for 11 years, traveling extensively throughout the country and abroad.As a free-lancer, she contributes regularly with the New York Times. Other clients include the Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, Glamour Magazine, The Guardian, Paris Match, Le Figaro, Elle U.S.A, Newsweek, Time, Save the Children and the World Health Organization among others. Her photos are also featured in the books ’24 Stunden im Leben der katholischen Kirche’, Random House , Munich, 2005 , ‘In Search of Hope – The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl’, powerHouse Books, New York, 2007 and the ‘Nike Human Race’ , New York, 2008.

Her project on Faith in Brazil and Mexico was awarded a Art & Worship World Prize by the Niavaran Artistic Creation Foundation and a book is currently under production to be published by Bei Editores in São Paulo, Brasil. She was a nominee for the New York Photo Awards 2009 and 2010 and is an instructor with the Foundry Photojournalism Workshops.

Adriana was also one of the three photographers selected to be profiled in the documentary “Women Photographers”, produced by The Knight Center for International Media and the University of Miami, scheduled to be released in March/April 2011.

She’s currently based out of Mexico City and available for assignments anywhere (fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish).

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Represented by Polaris Images in NYC.

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