ABOUT MAFE

MaFe is the short-name to Maria Fernanda. I am an ex-lawyer with an MBA, who after leaving my country and living different international experiences, and working as a Business planner reinvented myself in 2007 into a very passionate documentary photographer celebrating people's life in the places I have been. As a mother of 2 boys (7 and 10 years) I also document my very own family the same way I do for others. 

Now I want to meet you and celebrate with you from a very honest and beautiful perspective images that will make you embrace your everyday life, documenting your routines and what seems like a normal day to you. Because it is in those tiny but important moments that we dedicate to our job, our  family that builds a connection between you and the ones who surround your story and as time passes they will become unforgettable memories that bring us back to who we are, to our own essence.

2023 - Prague Workshop - Documentary Family Photographers Worldwide Limited.

2023 - Master Class Alex Webb at La Fundación Foto Colectania in Barcelona.

2021 - EVERYONE HAS A STORY 6 month long intensive program that is built to strengthen skills as a storyteller. Mentors: Tyler Wirken and Kirsten Lewis.

2020 - Year-long group mentorship/workshop -DFP education platform- with Documentary Family Photographers Kirsten Lewis, Jenna Shouldice and Ash Raddatz.

2013 - Foundation workshops in Dallas,TX.- FWD11- workshop for photojournalism and documentary photographers. Mentors: Photographers Huy Nguyen and Brett Butterstain.

2011 - Roots. A photojournalism workshop on Maine's coast, created by Emilie Sommer, a photographer and photo editor for USA Today and the Washington Post. Mentors: Tyler Wirken and Rachel La Cour.

2009 - Foundation workshops in Dallas, Tx. -FWD 8- workshop for photojournalism and documentary photographers. Mentors: Greg Gibson and Matt Mendelsohn.

2005 - Palm Beach Photographic Center. West Palm Beach Fl. Photography101, 102. Lightroom.