education
2020 | 2022 - MFA, Master in Photography, Fine Arts, University of São Paulo, ECA. USP (CAPES Scholarship)
2019 | 2020 Photography Technician. (Scholarship) SENAC Lapa Scipião.
2011 | 2017 BFA, Engraving and Photography. University of São Paulo, ECA. USP
awards
2024 - DSW Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung - Young Talent Prize, FGM in Gambia - with Miri Watson
2023 - Fellowship - CCP - Cross Culture Program - Germany
2022 - Award of Excellence - “Antes de Ir” (Before I Go) Project Alexia Grant Foundation
projects, workshops and residencies
2024 VII Academy Grantee - Level 3 - Workshop in Arles
2023 VII Academy Grantee - Level 2 workshop photojournalism and documentary practice
2022 | VII Academy Grantee - Level 1 The South and Central America Photography Seminar
2022 Hamburg Portfolio Review - Seletec portfolio, Hamburg, Germany
2021 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2021 VII Academy, Foundry and Photowings.
2016|2017 MUFF – Festival de Fotografia de Montevideo, Uruguay – Caminos Conjuntos. Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo.
2016 5° Colônia de Férias - Ateliê 397, São Paulo.
individual exhibition
2018 “Centros”, Galeria Barrio Penarol, MUFF– International Photography Festival, Montevideo, Uruguay – Caminos Conjuntos. CDF -Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo.
2017 | 2018 “Centros”, Galeria Ciudad Vieja, MUFF – Festival de Fotografia de Montevideo, Uruguay – Caminos Conjuntos. Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo.
collective exhibition
2024 - 1 in 6 by 2030 - Photoville, NY, USA https://photoville.nyc/exhibition/1in6by2030/
2022 Hamburg Portfolio Review, - Hamburg, Germany
2022 Fotograma Livre - FestFoto - International Foto Festival Porto Alegre, BR
2022 “Urbano entre realidade e utopia” Photography Festival of Tiradentes.
2021 “Tropical Melancolia” Distrito Arte, Trelew, Patagonia, Argentina
2020 “Por dentro de um tempo suspenso” Foto em Pauta
2019 Portfolio Review V Fórum Latino Americano de Fotografia, Itaú Cultural.
2019 9° Photography Festival of Tiradentes. Fragmentos do Onírico. 2019
2017 | 2018 Caminos Conjuntos Cartografías cómplices. El origen del relato. Ecos de la transgresión
2017 En CMKY – Boneco de Livro Finalista exposto no CdF – Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo
2016- “Honorable Mention” 24° Programa Nascente - Centro Universitário Maria Antônia da Universidade de São Paulo , USP.
2015 47° Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Piracicaba, São Paulo. 2015 3o Salão de Outono da América Latina - Galeria Marta Traba, Memorial da América Latina.
2014 22° Programa Nascente - Edital da Pró-Reitoria de Cultura e Extensão Universitária USP, MAC-USP
Isabella Finholdt (1993) is Brazilian freelance photographer and photojournalist, based most of the time in Sao Paulo. She has a BA and MA degree in fine Arts - photography at USP (University of Sao Paulo) and has been developing long-term documentary projects about her own community since 2018.
She is an alumni of VII Academy and contributes with national and international media, covering stories on human rights, politics, youth, culture and socio-environmental issues. In 2023 she received a fellowship from CCP - IFA - Germany where she stayed with Zeitenspiegel agentur for 3 months, furthermore living in the country for a year and contributing with writers and local media.
She published stories and works on Estadao, Metropoles, OCCRP, Vogue, Stern, Zeit, NZZ, Taz.de, etc. In 2024 together with journalist Miri Watson she received a young talent prize of DSW - Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung for their research reportage about FGM - Female genital mutilation in The Gambia.
Isabella Finholdt, São Paulo, SP. 1993 Freelancer photographer and photojournalist. Reportage, portraits, editorial, events, news, art reproduction/digitalization. isabella.finholdt@gmail.com || +55 11 958006225 || +49 15738225410