Igor Furtado

Biography

Igor Furtado is a photographer and editor from Rio de Janeiro. He has collaborated with Meta, WeTransfer, Paper, i-D and British Journal of Photography. In 2020, was named by Regenerative Futures, an United Nations and Gucci initiative, as a young creative pioneer. One year later, he received the Renaissance Awards by Eco-Age, new version of the Green Carpet Fashion Awards. In 2022, he was named one of the 100 Next Great Fashion Image Makers by Vogue.

Igor produces and researches images as a form of preservation of Brazilian culture. Through photography, he reflects on the potential of transformation and expression of the body, articulating new notions of fantasy and reality. Igor seeks to explore the tension between what’s understood as natural and artificial, documental and fictional. He has created Identidades Marginais, a free online archive that promotes the work of artists from all over the country, with a special focus on the LGBTQ+ community.

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Lambs By Igor Furtado

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