
The Artist
African Roots
Michel Soares is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in Japan. His work explores urban life, cultural expressions, and Afro-Brazilian heritage, always with a critical and authorial vision. He was a semifinalist at the Urban Photo Awards 2025 with the series “African Roots: Faith, Resistance, and Expression” and has taken part in international exhibitions. His images move between black and white and color, revealing contrasts between motion and stillness, chaos and silence, tradition and modernity. He regularly publishes on art platforms, offering his works in limited fine art editions.