Apu Gomes

Background

About Apu Gomes

published photojournalist who has covered the ‘Arab Spring’, the Libyan civil war, the U.S-Iran nuclear deal in Tehran, drugs war in Rio de Janeiro, the World Cup in Brazil as well as the Amazon Rainforest and a series of reporting at the USA-Mexico border. Grandson of Indigenous Native Brazilian and African-Brazilians, growing up in the periphery of Sao Paulo, Brazil, I’m a self-educated photojournalist who started my career as a freelancer photographer in a local news agency in Sao Paulo. Later I was hired by the “Folha de S.Paulo” newspaper, the biggest newspaper in Brazil, where I worked for more than 9 years as staff photographer covering national and international news stories such as the Libyan civil war, the U.S-Iran nuclear deal in Tehran, drugs war in Rio de Janeiro, the World Cup in Brazil as well as a series of stories in the Amazon Rainforest. After that and yet in Brazil, I’ve worked as a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) based in Rio de Janeiro covering worldwide news like Elections, Rock in Rio festival, Sports, Military operations in Rio’s favelas and Indigenous Issues in the Amazon Rainforest. Since 2016 I’ve been based in Los Angeles, California working as a stringer photojournalist and videographer for Getty Images North America, AFP CNN, NBC, El Pais newspaper, Globo News Television, BBC-Brasil, Folha de São Paulo newspaper and others, producing and covering news stories like the Palisades Fire and wildfires in California, the Coronavirus Pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, the USA-Mexico border, Crack-Cocaine issues and homeless crises in Los Angeles, and Indigenous matters in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. I have talent to work on social conflict issue assignments, and I’m committed to deliver promised results always maintaining the highest ethical journalistic standards, remaining true to a unique vision. Proficient in production, planning and coordinating. Fluent speaker of English, Portuguese and Spanish. Documentary 2023 -"ELIS & TOM - IT HAD TO BE YOU" Directed by Roberto de Oliveira - interview with the legend music producer Humberto Gatica and images of LA by Apu Gomes Book 2022 - PPAGLA Just One More 2019Book 2021 - KindergartenFormer President of Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles - PPAGLA President 2022 - Board of Directors 2020-2022 Los Angeles, California.