Claudia Andujar
photographer
Claudia Andujar is a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and activist. Born Claudine Haas in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, she fled to the United States during World War II before moving to Brazil in 1956. She became a prominent figure in Brazilian photojournalism, known for her experimental approach and documentation of indigenous cultures. Her work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Tate. Beyond her artistic practice, she co-founded the Comissão Pró-Yanomami (CCPY), an advocacy organization dedicated to supporting the rights of the Yanomami people. She was awarded the Cultural Freedom Prize in 2000 and the Goethe Medal in 2018 for her contributions to photography and activism.[1,2,3,4,5]
Themes
- Yanomami culture
- Amazonia
- experimental photography
- indigenous rights
Books
Works by Claudia Andujar
- Amazônia 1978 · Editora Praxis · book · Spanish Co-authored with George Love; censored by the military dictatorship.
- Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible 1998 · book
Exhibitions
- 2018 Claudia Andujar: a luta Yanomami IMS Paulista, São Paulo solo
Awards
- 2000 Cultural Freedom Prize Lannan Literary Awards
- 2008 Grand Cross – Ordem do Mérito Cultural
- 2018 Goethe Medal Goethe-Institut

