Angélica Dass is an award-winning Spanish-Brazilian photographer whose work merges photography with sociological research and public engagement in advocating for human rights across the globe. She is the creator of the internationally acclaimed Humanae Project, an ongoing collection of portraits that reveal the diversity within the beauty of human colour, standing as an extraordinary global testimony against racism.
Her work has been exhibited at the World Economic Forum (Davos), the United Nations’ Habitat III, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Hague Museum, the Élysée Museum in Lausanne, the National Museum of Ethiopia, the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, the Science Gallery in Dublin, PhotoEspaña, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Fotografiska, as well as in the streets and museums of Madrid, Bilbao, Chiasso, Zagreb, Milan, Thessaloniki, São Paulo, Mexico City, Austria, Santiago de Chile, Pittsburgh, Kingsport, Seoul, and many other cities. Her work has also been featured in publications such as National Geographic, Foreign Affairs, the BBC, and other prominent media outlets.
Angélica’s work transcends museums, finding a vast universe of impact within schools. She amplifies the educational message of her work through institutional partnerships worldwide, collaborating with city councils in various Basque cities, teacher training schools in Madrid, institutions in the Czech Republic, and UNESCO and the Chilean government, reaching over 50,000 students in a single week and positioning photography as a powerful tool against racism in schools.
In 2021, she published the children’s photobook The Colours We Share with Aperture, which also produced an accompanying educational guide used in all New York public schools.
She is also a powerful and inspiring speaker, having delivered talks at major organisations such as TED, the University of Salamanca, the University of Bologna, the Tate Modern, National Geographic, and the World Economic Forum as a cultural leader.
