Vincent Rosenblatt, born in Paris, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
When a student of History, between 1989 and 1997 Vincent traveled to Poland on several occasions and developed his interest in Photography and gets his first assignments for the Press. He returned to Paris to study at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENSBA) in the Atelier of Lesly Hamilton where he graduated in 2001. In 2000 on a Colin-Lefranc exchange scholarship he discovered Brazil for the first time.
Rosenblatt moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2002 and set up a photography workshop: ‘Olhares do Morro’ on the hills of Santa Marta favela, providing a place where local youth could develop themselves and study photography. Some have grown into successful photographers. The international press has regularly singled out their portofolios due to their immediacy and authenticity. Olhares do Morro has exhibited at the Unesco headquarters in Paris (2004), Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, Art Basel Miami Beach as art institution (2005), and in Stockholm (2006) and Brasilia (2007). The project ended in 2008.
Whilst working as a photojournalist, Vincent has documented the underground scene of Baile Funk and urban fringe cultures in Brazil since 2005 from when he started a collaboration with the Rio Baile Funk organisers, dj’s and dancers.
Main recent exhibitions:
Solo shows :
2026 - Salon H, Paris
2025 - Halle Tropisme, Montpellier (Année du Brésil en France)
2024 - Tour Saint-Jacques - Paris
2023 - Cidade Matarazzo - Permanent installation - 9th floor of the Rosewood São Paulo
2022 - Alliance Française - Rio de Janeiro
2020 - Galeria da Gavea
2019 - « Febre Nocturna » at the Centro Cultural Internacional of Panama City
2016 - SESC Madureira, Rio de Janeiro
2015 - CACP - Vila Pérochon in Niort
2014 - Alliance Française - Rio de Janeiro
2011 - MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie), Paris
Collective shows (selection):
2026 - "Funk! Um grito de liberdade e ousadia", Museu da Lingua Portuguesa
2025 - "Clubbing", Grand-Palais Immersif, Paris
- "Funk! Un cri de liberté", Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lilles, France
2024 - "Funk! Um grito de liberdade e ousadia", Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (MAR)
2023 - “Dance and music", Galerie du Jour, Fondation Agnès B, Paris
2019 - “Electro" - Philarmonie de Paris
2018 - Historias Afro-Atlanticas - MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo)
- “Designing Club Culture 1960-Today" - Vitra Design Museum, Germany
2015 - “Rio, a French passion” Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (MAR)
2014 - "Made by Brazilians, feito por brasileiros", Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo
Published in: New York Times (Lens), National Geographic, Le Monde, Gente di Fotografia, Gup, Revista Piauí, Dummy, Libération, Geo, Courrier International, Dagens Næringsliv, Der Spiegel, SZ, Trax, Repubblica Delle Donne, Afisha-Mir, among many others.
For inquiries concerning commissioned work or purchasing a printed work, please write to Vincent through the contact form .
Curators, collectors, art buyers, writers & journalists visiting Rio de Janeiro are welcome to visit his space.
