Most people were jumping outside.
It was Sunday, and it was Carnaval.
Some were drunk, some were sleeping.
Some did not care and drove somewhere else.
Some might have been dead while driving, for they were drunk or they were sleeping.
Others might have been born inside the car, and some may have arrived at the next hospital, just like my parents.
Eleven thirty at night: a boy.
It was almost Monday, and it was still Carnaval.
They called me Diego.

A photographer living and working between
São Paulo, Brazil [<ø>]
and Bern, Switzerland [+]
Call me here +41 (0) 78 696 94 24
or mail@diegosaldiva.com

Exhibitions

2026 Pool Collective Screening - Pyxis, Lausanne (CH)
2026 ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP - Galerie BAART, Geneva (CH)
2025 Ce qui nous regarde encore - Galerie POLOMARCO, Geneva (CH)
2022 Festival Circulation(s) - 104eme, Paris (FR)
2021 Focale - Solo Exhibition, Nyon (CH)

2019 22. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis – (CH) *with catalog*

2019 Grand Prix Fotofestiwal - Lodz (PL)
2016 Nera di Verzasca (CH)
2015 Nuit des Images - Lausanne (CH)
2015 Photobook Exhibition - Athens Photo Festival (GR)
2015 Encontro de Fotolivros - PHotoEspaña – São Paulo (BR)
2015 Visible White Photo Prize – Florence (IT)
2015 Belfast Photo Festival (NIR)
2014 Encontros da Imagem – Braga (PT) *with catalog*
2014 Hordes & Nuées – Vevey (CH)
2013 Paraty em Foco - Convocatória Portfolio – Paraty (BR)
2012 Photo OFF – Paris (FR)
2012 Prix PhotoForum – Biel (CH)
2011 Fabulous Tiny Reward – CEPV - Vevey (CH)
2011 15. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis – (CH) *with catalog*
2010 En Filigrane – Photoforum - Biel (CH)
2010 Transposer – CEPV – Vevey (CH)

Awards

2026 European Magazine Award - Surprise x Bodara
2015 Honorable Mention - PhotoIreland Portfolio Review
2014 Honorable Mention - Emergentes dst, Encontros da Imagem, Braga – Portugal
2012 EWZ Director’s Choice - Zurich
2011 Nominee for Paul Huf Award
2011 Winner Prix Photoforum

What They Say

Le Monde
It’s Nice That
LensCulture
K-Gold Temporary Gallery

OAI13
The Heavy Collective
Daily Mail
Huffington Post
Emaho Magazine
Feature Shoot
Fotografia Magazine
Bieler Tagblatt
Der Kleine Bund
Journal du Jura

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