Mauro Pinto was born in 1974 in Maputo, Mozambique where he still currently lives and works.

In the early 1990s, Mauro Pinto studied photography at Monitor International School in Johannesburg and during this period he did an internship with the photographer José Machato. Then, he moved to Maputo where he worked next to the pioneer of photojournalism in Mozambique, Ricardo Rangel.

Mauro Pinto it’s considered one of the most recognized contemporary photographers of Mozambique.

Through his lens, Mauro is celebrating the everyday world that surround him. His shots represents the ways of life of his country of origin and its people, both in the countryside and the city. For the body of works “the milieu” he’s entering in people lives to document and show to the world the complex and tough life of this social class. In his shots he is able to represent people’s lives and their feelings through the places and objects of the people he wants to describe. Through a skilful use of light and space his shots are full of social and emotional tension able to involves the viewer and bring it into the scene.