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Currently in Los Angeles, CA, Apu Gomes, is an experienced 33-years-old photojournalist specialized

19/06/2025

Published photos from last week’s protests in Los Angeles for

14/06/2025

Photo of the week by #
California Highway Patrol officers arrest a demonstrator in the overpass of the 101 Freeway as protests continue in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on 10 June, 2025. 📷 Apu GOMES

12/06/2025

Published photos of the Los Angeles protest for

27/05/2025

Last week, the world lost Sebastião Salgado at 81 years old. He was one of the greatest, if not the greatest photographer of our time. I feel I’ve lost a friend, someone who inspired me and profoundly influenced my career, as well as the careers of photographers across generations.

When I was in the school, I saw a photo in an old magazine of the dispute between gold mine workers and military police; that picture stayed with me. Years later, while studying photojournalism at , I was formally introduced to Salgado’s work by one of my mentors, João Bittar He told us about the time Salgado was working with the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper team on his “Workers” project, and also showed us his powerful images from Africa and the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil. Those images overwhelmed me. From that moment, I knew exactly what kind of photographer I wanted to become.

After finishing my studies and just as I was starting my career as a photojournalist, my late friend Paulo Bravos and told me about a new gold rush happening in the Amazon. Inspired by Salgado’s photographs of Serra Pelada, I set out on my first independent trip to the rainforest to document a gold mine there.

Later, I was hired as a staff photographer for Folha de S.Paulo. One day, while I was working, Sebastião came by to speak with and the newspaper’s photo team about his upcoming project, “Genesis.” I was lucky enough to be there with them.

After moving to California, I saw his TED Talk in Long Beach. Once again, his work deeply inspired me, and I decided to return to Brazil to work with Indigenous communities. In 2022, he came to the opening of his exhibition Amazônia in Los Angeles, and I had the chance to speak with him again. My friend took a photo of us together. Sebastião was incredibly kind. He went out of his way to introduce me to his wife, Lélia, telling her that I had worked for Folha and was now working with Indigenous peoples in Brazil. We exchanged contacts,

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13/05/2025

It’s amazing how one event can unlock a flood of memories.

The recent passing of Pope Francis sent me down memory lane, digging through my photo archives to find images from his 2013 visit to Aparecida, Brazil — and even earlier ones of Pope Benedict XVI during his 2007 visit to São Paulo.

But what truly stopped me was the memory of my very first assignment as a photojournalist: coincidentally, it was also a Pope passing by — John Paul II, on April 2, 2005. I was just starting out, called in by the local news agency, now-defunct Futura Press to photograph the moment at a church near my neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil.

My life as a photographer is flying by. I began working as a photojournalist 20 years ago, in 2005. And like every young photographer, I wasn’t sure about anything! I questioned every photo I took — was it interesting or not? Were the pictures good enough? Was I on the right path, or completely lost? These doubts have followed me throughout my journey, and honestly, I think they still do.

Just last week, after a shoot, I returned to the studio and a friend asked me, “Were the photos good?” I replied, “I think so… let’s wait and see what the editor says.” But then I began editing — finding a little something here, another detail there — and in the end, I had an amazing story.

27/04/2025

The reggae legends “The Wailers” ( ) brought the vibes to in Venice, California on their first show of the 2025 Tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of “Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On”. The spirit of the music, still strong, still rising!!!!
Thank you .astonbarrett and for making me part of it. 🇯🇲🇧🇷📷

25/04/2025

Working as a photojournalist, I had the honor of photographing two popes during their visits to Brazil — Benedict XVI in São Paulo (2007) and Francis in Aparecida (2013).

After Benedict stepped down due to his advanced age and health, Francis — the first Latin American and Jesuit pope — stepped in, bringing a very different energy and reviewing the images I captured of both we can notice how distinct their were from each others.
Benedict felt like distant, always surrounded by security, moving in bulletproof popemobile and in a luxurious Mercedes-Benz also bulletproof.
Francis was the opposite — he was riding in a open popemobile, he looked like warm, always smiling, making physical and eye contact with people, including this person who writes this text :)

Pope Francis jesuit background shone through his work and attitude in general about how we should treat each others, and I’ll always carry the memory of this chapter I got to witness and am happy to share with you

Now, the Vatican starts to prepare for another conclave to elect Francis’ successor.

21/04/2025

Today I woke up with the sad news that the Saint Father, Pope Francis died this Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. He was 88.
I first saw him in 2013, during his inaugural papal trip outside Rome—World Youth Day in Brazil. I was on assignment then, a staff photographer for , sent to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida with a team of trusted colleagues: .varella and . We split angles inside the great church. My post was near the altar. As the Pope entered, I lowered my camera to take him in—not through a lens, but with my own eyes. I smiled. He smiled back.
It was a small moment, but it filled me. Like grace.

As a Jesuit pope, Francis made clear that a fundamental task of the faithful is not so much to follow rules but to discern what God is calling them to do. So, I would like to share the begining and the end of his last message to the World in the last appearance he made to the public from the balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to address the crowd yesterday on Easter Sunday.

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16/03/2025

Tbt of Thursday night 🌝 It was pure magic! A few friends and I stayed up late on Venice Beach to watch the lunar eclipse, and wow, Mother Nature did not disappoint.

Eclipses happen pretty often, but this one was special; a total full moon, which doesn’t happen all that much. Seeing the moon go through all its phases and turn that deep, red color was unreal. I went back home arround 1:30am and I got back to the beach 06:30am to watch the full moon set in the sea, but but it was a little cloud and th moon dissapered before touching the water. Everything worth it!

Did anyone else stay up to watch it? Let me know where you saw it from!

14/02/2025

Looking back to Palisades really made me remember that days in Libya. Being so close, I only could really see how devastated it was when the sun came out and the smoke was gone! Pacific Palisades, January 2025. 📷 for

29/01/2025

Pacific Palisades, Palisades Fire, January 08th and 09th, 2025.
Now that homes are no longer in flames, the journey for those who lost everything in Altadena and Palisades is just starting! Seeing all of these so close to where I live, my heart goes out to those who cannot go back to homes!
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16/01/2025

Palisades Fire, January 07, 2025. These are some pictures from the first 24 hours of the Palisades fire.

I never imagined witnessing something like this in our city. Even now, I struggle to find words that feel enough.

Sometimes, the only thing left to say is everything a picture can’t.

I still having with no words!

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