Warm company.
Friendly, relaxed and focused—close enough to notice what matters without taking over the day.
The heart behind the camera
About
Madalena.
A Brazilian-Canadian photographer with a creative mind, a warm heart and nearly 600 wedding days behind the camera.
Brazilian heart · Vancouver home
From a travel magazine
to people in love.
Madalena began working with photography in Brazil, photographed for the country’s biggest travel magazine and contributed to National Geographic. In 2007, she photographed her first wedding—and found the people she wanted in front of her camera.
Vancouver became home in 2013. The colour, rhythm and warmth of Brazil still live in every frame.
20+ years in photographyNearly 600 weddingsVancouver + worldwide
What it feels like
Present, not posed.
Honest photographs.
Real emotion, beautiful light and gentle direction only when it helps.
All love, always.
Every couple and every kind of celebration deserves to be seen with care.
Beyond the wedding day
Curious by nature.
Madalena loves summer days, long meditations, bike rides along the Seawall, lake time, memoirs, brunch with friends and returning to Brazil with her son and partner.
A life in photographs
Experience,
without the résumé wall.
Her photographs have appeared in more than 100 magazines. She has spoken at photography events in Vancouver, California and Brazil, including an audience of 900 photographers in São Paulo.
Selected exhibitions, education and awards
Exhibitions
- Reflexos do Brasil · Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan · 2013
- Amor · Wedding photography exhibition, Winnipeg
Speaking
- The Wanderers Community · 2018
- Photo Field Trip · 2015 and 2016
- Feira Fotografar, São Paulo · 2015
- Fhox on the Road, Recife · 2015
Education
- SENAC · Postgraduate studies in Photography as Contemporary Art
- Anhembi Morumbi University · Tourism
- International Center of Photography, New York · Wedding photography
Selected awards
- Junebug Weddings Best of the Best Engagement Photo · 2019
- BC Wedding Awards, Best Wedding Group Photograph · Winner, 2019
- International Wedding Photographer of the Year, Epic Location · Top 10, 2018
- BC Wedding Awards, Best Engagement Photograph · Finalist, 2018
- Sony International Photo Contest · First place, 2005