Saturday, January 18, 2025

Omar Mart ez: the art of portraying the 2022 Brazilian elections

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In alliance with the photojournalism agency darkroom, Peninsula 360 Press and Global Exchange collaborated so that Omar Mart ez could photograph the 2022 Brazilian elections.

Omar Martínez, who is currently part of the Mexican photojournalism agency Cuartoscuro, led by one of the most relevant lenses of the modern Micro, Pedro Valtierra, has spoken with the Portraits section of the Bay Area of Peninsula 360 Press about his most recent coverage, where Luiz Iníio Lula Da Silva defeated the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, with more than 50 percent of the votes in the second round of the elections in that country.

One of the most representative photographs generated during this coverage portrays Lula, victorious, smiling and with his fist raised, facing the bright green flag, knowing that he had won the elections. Omar Martínez and his team were there

Lula Da Silva wins the second round of elections in Brazil. Photo: Omar Mart ez. Cuartoscuro in collaboration with Pen sula 360 Press

In an interview, Mart ez recalled that one of the objectives within the planning to obtain