About
Leandro Badalotti is a photographer and documentarian. In 2008 his proposal for a documentary on immigration was selected by a Brazilian culture fund for production. Leandro directed and edited the resulting project, New Immigrants which tells the stories of ten characters who came from all over the country to try a new life in his home town, Caxias do Sul, in southern Brazil. The following year, he shot and edited a documentary about local rock bands from the 1980′s and ’90s.
In the United States, Leandro served as an intern at Magnum In Motion, where he produced a series of multimedia trailers about photographer Larry Towell’s work in Afghanistan. At that time, living in NYC, he produced Who Are You?, a five-part multimedia project about everyday New Yorkers, each beginning with the subject’s subway commute.
After that he was invited to be one of the Multimedia Producers at The Eddie Adams Workshop 2010.
Throughout 2011 Leandro contributed as associate-producer in these projects at MediaStorm in Brooklyn, NY.
Leandro’s photography has appeared in newspapers and magazines in Brazil (Veja, Contigo!, Hola!, Casa Vogue), Portugal (Jornal Público, Revista Sábado, Revista Lux) and New York (The New York Post).
He has a degree in Social Communication with an emphasis in Advertising from the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
Leandro is available for editorial and commercial assignments.