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Lianne Milton is an editorial and documentary photographer currently based in the San Francisco/Bay Area.
Interests: I LOVE....surfing, traveling, my hasselblad, Red Sox and Celtics, fall in San Francisco, dusk, eating Puerto Rican food, and red wine.
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Check out the lastest issue of ESPN's magazine on the World Cup. I traveled to Sao Paulo to find this residential street covered in Brazil's national colors to photograph the preview. Gabriel, pictured, here, was my main soccer star. He... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at shutter to think
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I made my first trip to Buzios alone - the one time sleepy fishing village where Brigitte Bardot escaped to in the 1960s turned chiquey vacation getaway for honeymooners - but I was lucky to meet all some of the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at shutter to think
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Chile's oldest women's magazine featured an interview of Major Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo, who now leads the Pacification Police Unit in Rocinha, Brazil's largest single favela. She was appointed "after a political fall-out from the arrest of her predecessor and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2014 at shutter to think
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Honored to be interviewed in Dispatches (for full link) to share my personal project on violence in Guatemala. You can see my project here: La Vida No Vale Nada and in Newsweek. Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2014 at shutter to think
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Wonderfully written story on Undercover Rio by my colleague Taylor Barnes featuring Rio's historical neighborhoods and off the beaten path places to explore (and some of my favorites as well)! It was a fun journey photographing this assignment. The Portuguese... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2014 at shutter to think
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I love this image that the Ford Foundation selected for the cover of their new brochure for Indonesia! Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2014 at shutter to think
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A little late for Dia dos Namorados, or Valentines Day, though I'm not one who celebrates, but i love these images of my friends Ale and Patxi, two journalists who spent just over three months working in Rio. I also... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2014 at shutter to think
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Former model "Helena Rizzo first met her partner Daniel Redondo when they were both working in a prestigious Spanish restaurant. Having returned to her native Brazil, the couple now runs one of São Paulo’s best restaurants." Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2014 at shutter to think
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Voice of Brazil, Special edition for the Sunday Observer Magazine "Having gone from poverty to parliament via Big Brother and Brazil's first gay-rights election platform, Jean Wyllys must rank among the most postmodern of politicians." "Inês Ferreira de Abril's position... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2014 at shutter to think
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Last month I photographed Wagner Mouro, Brazil's most adored actor (and famously known in Elite Squad), and the president of Petrobras, Maria das Graça Foster. And some of my favorite selects from both assignments. Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2014 at shutter to think
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I am honored that one of my pictures from Rio's June protest was selected as part of the 2013 pictures of the year edition for L'Espresso Magazine! Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2014 at shutter to think
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Last October I was assigned by the Washington Post for a story on the ethanol facilities, including the sugarcane farms that blanket miles and miles of bright red soil in the state of Goias, Brazil. Long gone are the back... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2014 at shutter to think
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It was exciting to receive a request from ESPN Magazine for two images in their latest issue and story about the protests in Brazil last June. Here's the backstory to this lede image: A man reported to be a plainclothes... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2014 at shutter to think
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Very honored that this story on the forced eviction of one favela in Rio de Janeiro was published on the new National Geographic blog, called, Proof. (please click on Proof to see story) Residents of Largo do Tanque were forced... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2014 at shutter to think
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I just received this clip and so stoked to see so many pictures from a really fun assignment. I also discovered two great venues from this story that I now regularly visit. Click on the link to read more about... Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2013 at shutter to think
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"One of Brazil’s biggest soccer stars is now the Brazilian World Cup’s biggest critic?" Read more here: Romario, a World Cup Champion, Is now a World Cup Dissenter Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2013 at shutter to think
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An image from my project on violence in Guatemala was featured in a poster and application for the Open Society Justice Initiative summer school session on human rights litigation. If you are interested in applying for this program, please click... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2013 at shutter to think
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I'm happy to announcd that my work on violence in post-war Guatemala was selected for the American Photography Latin America Los Diez exhibit! Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2013 at shutter to think
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I am so thankful to Newsweek picture editor Leah Latella (who is also a rockin' folk singer and musician) for publishing my project, La Vida No Vale Nada, on the effects of violence in post-war Guatemala. "Last year, there were... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2013 at shutter to think
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"Over the Rainbow: What is it like to be gay around the world?" is a portrait series of people from around the world sharing their thoughts and opinions about the challenges (or not) of being gay in their country. I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2013 at shutter to think
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In October I went to the interior of Bahia state, a region far from the turquoise blue waters near the capital of Salvador. The region is hot, and windy. So windy in fact it has become the perfect setting for... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2013 at shutter to think
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I feel very fortunate that this photo essay continues to be published around the world! Please check out the work: Wrecking Homes for the Olympics "Largo do Tanque is one of many neighborhoods being torn down to build the Transcarioca... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2013 at shutter to think
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Lead image of Rio de Janeiro for a column written about Die Zeit's Rio correspondent Thomas Fischermann, who I work with regularly. Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2013 at shutter to think
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Sergio and I love the same ice cream. Chocolate and hazelnut. The "Father of Brazilian furniture," they say, Mr Rodrigues pioneered the transformation of industrial design in Brazil. The shoot was for Last Meal column, which featured his favorite restaurant... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2013 at shutter to think
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Story on the women pacification police in Rio de Janeiro. Las Guerreras de las Favelas - "These women fought two fights: one against the crime and the another against sexism. Until 30 years ago women couldn't not be police officers... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2013 at shutter to think