Photography and my motivation behind the camera

A passion since childhood

I've been recently reflecting on how photography has always been present in my life. Since I was 8 years old, as far back as I can remember, the act of capturing moments, sceneries and people has always seemed fascinating to me. And, despite my deep interest in making photography my main source of income, life pulled me in other directions. I started working with software development and my artistic side was left behind, as if it couldn't be the protagonist in the world of ultra-productivity.

Rediscovering the camera

In the last 2 years of my life, photography returned to play a crucial role for me — reclaiming a form of expression I had forgotten. That happened when I started integrating into the music scene of the São Paulo countryside, interacting with local musicians, going to shows, and even producing events. Photography came back first as a tool, then as a form of expression, and has now become increasingly indispensable for the nourishment of my soul.

Finding the Ikigai

It was last month (March 2026) that, by allowing myself to truly feel music and get in touch with what gives me chills and intensifies my emotions, I understood that I had found my Ikigai.

Music photography is what, for me, connects all the dots of life's purpose. Music on its own already awakens intense emotions in most people, and being able to capture that moment through photography — which to me is one of the most visceral forms of expression that exists — is the pinnacle of my reason for existing as a human being, as a being who feels, a being who makes and lives art. To be human is to be in contact with these strong emotions, to live in the moment, to capture sound through light.