Personal Information
Citizenship - Dual Brazilian and Spanish
Residence - São Paulo - Brazil.
Email - info@enrique-leopardi.com
Language - fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English and German. Basic Italian
Studies
1999-2002 - B. A. in Photography SENAC-SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999-2006 - B. Sc. in Biology USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999-2001 - Minored in Psychology UNED, Spain.
2002 - Minored in Astronomy USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Professional Profile
Assistant -Three years as photographic assistant at Andreas Heiniger Studio www.andreasheiniger.com
Four years for Dieter Blum www.dieter-blum.de
Scientiphic Photography - Worked as staff photographer at the Sao Paulo Museum of Zoology (MZUSP); key presentation on type material photography at the South American Arachnology Congress in Uruguay; worked for Walter Neves as archaeological photographer on excavations in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Video - worked as cameraman for various ‘making ofs’ for product advertising campaigns in Brazil, for example for the VW Polo, Nissan Frontier and Natura Ekos
.Stop motion - six-week stop-motion production of flowers opening for Procter & Gamble; stop motion of the Frankfurt skyline nightfall for “Schlussmacher”, a movie directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
Location Scout - for countless ad photo-shoots and ad clips.
Post production - Digital post-production for books and exhibitions, for example “Vladimir Malakov”, Berlin, and for “Nigeria@50” and “People & Progress”, both published by Shell
Degitalization - Created the Dieter Blum Archive
Special experience – offshore helicopter survival training; mountaineering & abseiling experience; photography in extreme climatic conditions, such as at -40°C, from the top of wind turbines. Long-standing experience and expertise in aerial photography and 360° panorama shots
Exhibitions – handled post-production, printing management, and hanging of images for various exhibitions, such as “Dieter Blum – Villa Merkel, Esslingen” and “People & Progress, The Hague
Publications
People & Progress at Shell – Shell publication on its global operations, covering both the people and the array of different products; contributed images taken on all continents and handled post-production.
Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup© Bid Book – contributed local ‘people & life’ images from Qatar to this winning publication.
Part of Art – post-production of various images, recalibrating photos.
Vladimir Malakhov – post-production of various images.
Nigeria @50 – main photographer; also handled reprocessing of historical photographic material salvaged from archives.
Best of Bauchi – main photographer, providing aerial, nature and architectural images.
Africa – Skills for Progress – main photographer, providing local images from 15 different African countries and projects.