Ze’sopol Caminha
Ze’sopol’s photography career started in 1998 in Jakarta, when he smuggled a Reuters Camera into a prison. His first photos, published by Reuters, were of Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão inside Cipinang prison on June 20, 1998. Since then he has photographed in many countries and his photos have been published in national & international media.
In 2004 he studied Black & White Photography at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York City. As a volunteer with FilmAid International Tanzania (East Africa) in 2004, he conducted training courses in journalism and Photography to Young refugees around the border between Tanzania & Burundi. He has won several recognitions and in 2005 was 1st Prize Winner of the International Amateur Photography Contest, run by International Library of Photography, USA. Ze'sopol finished his Graduate Certificate in Journalism at the University of Queensland, Australia 2002. He is currently working as an Editor in Chief of TALITAKUM magazine and is a founding member of Timor-Leste Photographers’ Association (TiLPA) and its Coordinator General.