Born in 1974 in Maputo, Mozambique.
Lives and works in Maputo, Mozambique.
In the early 1990s, Mauro Pinto studied photography at the Monitor International School in Johannesburg, where he completed an internship with photographer José Machato. He later moved to Maputo, where he worked alongside Ricardo Rangel, a pioneer of Mozambican photojournalism, and encountered the photographers Trygve Bolstad and Karl Kugel, experiences that helped shape his early visual language.
In 2002, he participated in the exhibition VERS MATOLA at Espace 1789 in Saint-Ouen, Paris. In 2010, he took part in the second edition of El Ojo Salvaje in Paraguay, becoming the first African artist to exhibit in that context, marking an important step in his international recognition.
Mauro Pinto’s work focuses on the intersections between visual creation, information, and communication. He develops a photographic language centered on space and structure, using strong contrasts that can appear deliberately provocative, encouraging viewers to reconsider how environments are perceived and interpreted.
Today, his work is widely recognized, and he is considered one of the leading contemporary photographers from Mozambique.
