Joseane Daher

Joseane Daher holds a Higher Technical Degree in Data Processing and a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Paraná. 

She has built a distinguished career in photography, cinema, and visual research. Her master's dissertation, Cinema de Índio: uma realização dos Povos da Floresta (Indigenous Cinema: A Creation of the Forest Peoples), has been part of the Institute Moreira Salles (IMS) Photography Theses and Dissertations Database in São Paulo since 2020.

In March 2025, she was invited to contribute to the Getty Images archives, providing images that address politics, the environment, culture, and art.

Daher has played a key role in education, founding the online learning platform CAPITI (2021), which focuses on innovation, technology, and image. She has also taught courses and given lectures at prestigious national and international institutions, including Franklin & Marshall College (USA), B&H Photo Video Event Space (USA), Mackenzie University (Brazil), and the Belas Artes Academic Center (Brazil), among others.

In February 2025, she taught the course Photography, Fashion, Sustainability, and Storytelling at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), exploring the intersection of imagery and sustainable fashion practices. She was also invited to lecture in the Professional Photography Postgraduate Program at PUCPR (May 2024), sharing her expertise in imaging and innovation.

Her work has been widely exhibited and recognized internationally, including solo exhibitions and participation in major events:

• Solo Exhibition – "Sempre Futuro" (Dec 2024 – Jan 2025) – Casa das Artes Mário Elias, Mértola, Portugal.
• Solo Exhibition – "Sempre Futuro" (July – Dec 2024) – Projections on the facade of the Palacete do Conde Burnay during Ponte - Encontro Internacional de Moda e Performance, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Solo Exhibition – "Parallel Encounters in the Americas" (May – July 2023) – Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA.
• Solo Exhibition – "Rompimento" – MED PHOTO FEST 2023, Sicily, Italy.
• Group Exhibition – "Fotografia Contemporânea Brasileira" – MED PHOTO FEST 2022 - XIV International Edition, Catania, Sicily, Italy.
• PHOTOVISA 2021 – International Photography Biennale, Krasnodar, Russia, with the short film This House.
• "On the Horizon Line" (2019) – Goldsmiths University, London, UK.

Her photographs are part of prestigious public and institutional collections worldwide, including:

• MAM – Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
• Joaquim Paiva Collection (Brazil)
• Mediterraneum Collection (Italy)
• UNICEF / United Nations
• American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA)
• Museum of Natural History (Helsinki, Finland)

Daher has worked as a photojournalist for major media outlets, including:

• Associated Press | Photojournalist, New York.
• Gazeta do Povo | Photojournalist, Curitiba, Brazil.

Her documentary vision has also led her to develop projects with cultural and social impact. She documented the Kaxinawá Indigenous People (Acre, Brazil) for the human rights group The Forefront Leaders (Washington, DC, USA). Additionally, she organized and documented the Xavante Indigenous People's journey to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA.

Instagram: @joseane_daher_studio