Pedro de Moraes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942. He begun his career at the age of 12 years old, when he started to assist José and Humberto Franceschi in their photo studio.
As a freelancer photographer he worked in marketing photography, architecture, industrial photography, fashion, journalism and cinema. His work is inspired and influenced by photographers such as Henry Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Man Ray, Robert Doisneau, Richard Avedon amongst others of the war and post-war period. He was a militant photographer during the dictatorship period in Brazil.
There are around 15,000 images in his archive up to date.
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"O Mergulhador", poems by Vinicius de Moraes, Editora Independente, Rio de Janeiro, 1968.
Re-edited in 2003 by Editora Argumento, Rio de Janeiro.
"68 – Paixão de uma utopia", text by Daniel Aarão Reis, Editora Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, 1988.
"Mar de Mineiro", poems by Antônio Carlos de Brito (Cacaso), Editora Independente, Rio de Janeiro, 1982.
"Vi vendo" Editora Independente, Rio de Janeiro, 1976.
"Athayde" Editora Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro, 1973.
"Os Inconfidentes" directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
"Guerra Conjugal" directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
"Gordos e Magros" directed by Mario Carneiro
"O Santo e a Vedete" directed by Luís Rosenberg Filho
"Idade da Terra" directed by Glauber Rocha
"Aleijadinho" directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade