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Matilde Simas is an international award-winning photographer and visual storyteller based in Boston.  Her work primarily focusses on human rights.  Matilde leverages the power of visual storytelling to inform, provoke discussions, and inspire action. She achieves this by public speaking and exhibiting her work in galleries and public spaces. 

Matilde's efforts have led to collaborations with many community-based organizations including Freedom for All, Voice of the Free Philippines, ChildVoice Uganda and HAART Kenya. Her work has appeared in the U.S. State Department TIP Report, Kenyan Directory of Service Providers for Trafficking Persons, the Guardian and others. Matilde's photography has been showcased internationally and widely exhibited by various UN agencies. ​​​​​​ In 2017, Matilde founded Capture Humanity, an organization founded on bringing awareness to human rights issues. 

 
SELECTED Photography HONORS + DISTINCTIONS
 
Represent Resilience: Learning from Yesterday, Building a Stronger Tomorrow Art Award | US Department of Justice, 2020
 
Silver | Social Cause | Lucie Foundation International Photography Award| In Shadow; Child Trafficking, 2020

“State of the World” shortlist | LE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE PARIS (PX3) | Philippines: Children Living in Perpetual Invisibility, 2020

Bronze| PX3 PRIX de La Photographie Paris | The Truth about Albinism in Annual Report, 2020

Honorable Mention | PX3 PRIX de La Photographie Paris | Philippines: Children Living in Perpetual Invisibility in Press/FeaturePress/Feature Story, 2020

Honorable Mention | PX3 PRIX de La Photographie Paris | South Sudan’s Child Soldier in Portraiture/Other, 2020

Gold | Nature / Trees | Moscow International Foto Award | Dead Vlei Trees, 2020

Children's Portrait Winner l Black & White Magazine l Student in Medan, Indonesia: 2020

Silver | Editorial/Personality | Tokyo International Foto Awards | A Path Toward Healing: Human Trafficking, 2019

Honorable Mention | UNICEF Photo of the Year | Philippines: Girls as a Commodity: 2019

Silver | Social Cause | Lucie Foundation International Photography Award | Living with Albinism in Tanzania, 2019

“State of the World” Prize | LE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE PARIS (PX3) | Maasai Custom: FGM, 2019

Silver | Advertising / Annual Reports | PX3 PRIX de La Photographie Paris | Maasai Custom: FGM, 2019

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS | Wildlife, Male orangutan sits in a tree with soulful eyes, 2018

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS| People, Maasai Custom: FGM, 2018

GOLD | Social Cause | Lucie Foundation International Photography Award | Maasai Custom: FGM, 2018

Honorable Mention, Culture + Traditions | Lucie Foundation International Photography Award | Maasai Custom, 2018

Bronze | Book | Tokyo International Foto Awards | Faces Behind Atrocity, 2018

Bronze | People | Tokyo International Foto Awards| Growing up Female in Maasai Culture, 2018

Silver | Social Cause | Lucie Foundation International Photography Award| Faces Behind Atrocity, 2017

Honorable Mention | PX3 PRIX de La Photographie Paris| Faces Behind Atrocity, 2017

Portfolio Award | Black and White Magazine, 2017

Portfolio Award | Black and White Magazine, 2015.


FILM AWARDS 

Best Documentary Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, 2018

Best Short Documentary Docs Without Borders Film Festival, 2018

Outstanding Excellence in Social Issues Docs Without Borders Film Festival, 2018

Official Selection, DC Web Festival, 2018 

Judge's Choice Award, Human Trafficking Film Festival, 2018

People's Choice Award, Human Trafficking Film Festival, 2018

Official Selection, Toronto Feedback Film Festival, 2018
 
Impact Docs Awards, Award of Excellence Special Mention, July 2018


COLLECTIONS

Atlas of Humanity | South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda 

ARTWORS for Freedom | Faces Behind Atrocity, Washington, DC

African Union | Collection | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Boston Children’s Hospital | International Gallery | Collection | Boston, MA


EXHIBITS 

Atlas of Humanity | Galerie Joseph Le Marais Paris, May 2021

Represent Resilience: Learning from Yesterday, Building a Stronger Tomorrow gallery | Washington DC, 2020

Best of Show Exhibition |Moscow Photo Center | Moscow, Russia, 2020

Faces Behind Atrocity: Story of Modern Day Slavery | Solo Exhibition |NB Art Museum | New Bedford, MA November - January, 2020-2021

TIFA Winners Exhibition | Shibuya Cultural Center, Owada Gallery | Tokyo, Japan, 2020

ForeMost l State of the World PX3 l Hotel Collective Naha l Okinawa, Japan, 16 - 30th January, 2020
 
Travel Photography | Kontrast Gallery | Stockholm, Sweden
 
Best of Black & White | Laurent Gallery | Melbourne, Australia. 2020
 
Solo Single Subject | Espaco Espelho d'Ague Gallery | Lisbon, Portugal, 2020

Maine International Jetport Solo Exhibition | Portland, Maine 2019

State of the World PX3 | Leica | Taipei, Taiwan, 2019

Atlas of Humanity | Galerie Joseph Le Marais Paris, France, 2019  

State of the World PX3 | Paris, July 9 -14th, 2019

Engine Gallery |Solo Exhibition |Biddeford, ME, December- January 2019
 
Adams House Gallery | Solo Exhibition | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2019

SDN Bronx Documentary Center | Group Exhibition | NYC, 2018
 
MIT | Solo Exhibition | Cambridge, MA, 2018

University of New Hampshire | Solo Exhibition | Durham, NH, 2018

Re:Artiste | Group exhibition | New York City, 2018

TIFA Winner Exhibition| ICA Gallery | Tokyo, Japan, 2018

Kenya National Archives at UNODC | Solo exhibition | Nairobi, Kenya, 2017

Kenya National Archives at IOM | Solo exhibition | Nairobi, Kenya, 2017

Art to End Slavery at KOBO Trust | Group exhibition | Nairobi, Kenya, 2017
 
TALKS | Panel Discussions
 
Shifting Lenses Gender and Human Trafficking| Photographers Without Borders | Toronto 
 
Guest for Good | Harvard University
 
Social Documentary Network | Boston
 
Photography Matters | Northampton Center for the Arts 
 
Human Trafficking in Kenya | Boston University 
 
Photography for Social Change | Dean College
 
"Taste of Freedom" a tool for social change | Mentari | NYC
 
BOOKS 
 
Taste of Freedom | Empowerment Culinary Arts for Survivors Cookbook, 2019

NEWS

ABC  WCVB 5 Matilde Simas is on a Global Mission

NBC NEWS 25 Kids with Limb Loss Shine in Inspiring Fashion Show 

Online and Print PUBLICATIONS

Hidden: Retratos de Escravatura dos tempos Modernos | Ana Marques Maia, P3 July 2020

How to tell Ethical and Empowering Stories | Darshel Diaz, PWB Magazine July 2020

A look through the lens of a humanitarian photographer | Jessica Barrett, World Footprints July 202

Matilde Simas is Called to Listen to Survivors | Amanda Arnold, PPA Magazine June 2020

COVID-19: The Story of Women Refugees in Uganda | Livanya Gramoney, Reclamation Magazine | May 2020

Communities support Limb Lind Foundation at Show Your Shine adaptive runway show | Briana Bonfiglio, LI Herald, Oceanside | Jan. 2020

The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Almanac | Jan. 2020      

 Bringing Mobility to the Philippines | Jessica Barret, World Footprints Oct. 2019

 Saving a Species: Palm Oil, Orangutans | Jessica Barrett, World Footprints July 2019

 Bringing Atrocities out of the Shadows | Terry Date, The Eagle Tribune Jan. 3, 2019

 Bringing Atrocities out of the Shadows | Terry Date, The ANDOVERS Magazine, Winter 2019

 Roads to Recovery | Elena Stanciu, PETRIe Manifesto 2019

 Shedding Light on Human Trafficking | Jeannie Pearson, PWB Magazine | Jan. 2019

 Human Trafficking in Kenya: A nonprofit Takes Aim | Jessica Barrett, World Footprints October 17, 2018

Cover: Cape Cod Magazine Lighthouse Media Solutions, September 2018

 Down on the Farm | Lisa Cavanaugh, Cape Cod Magazine, 2018

 ‘Spotlight: Matilde Simas’ | Chisty Au-Yeung, PWB Magazine | April 2018 

 ‘UNMASKED’ | Amanda Arnold, Professional Photographer Magazine | September 2017  

 ‘A Day in The Life of an Anti-Poaching Ranger’ | Amy Baird, The Guardian | July 2017
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