After living in New York for six years, Julio returned to Brazil in 2000 and started working at the newspaper Valor Economico in Sao Paulo as a photographer and assistant photo editor. In 2003, he went to Mozambique and worked for SOICO Communications Group. Since 2006 Julio has been working as a freelance photographer for magazines, newspapers, advertising and corporate clients in Brazil, Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States, in addition to his personal projects. Julio’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and published in magazines such as Geo, National Geographic, Stern, Le Monde, The Guardian, Esquire, and Leica World Magazine, among others. In 2008 he published his first book, In a window of Prestes Maia 911 Building, the culmination of three years of work in a formerly squatted building in Sao Paulo. Julio currently lives in Sao Paulo and is represented in the United States by 1500 Gallery in New York City.
