The Forest Knows on show in Brasília – Reflorestar os Tempos

The Forest Knows (A Floresta Sabe) by Nicoló Lanfranchi and Davilson Brasileiro will be featured in Reflorestar os Tempos, an exhibition showcasing the winning projects of the Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Journalism and Communication Award.

The project received Second Prize in the Photojournalism and Visual Arts category, selected from 175 entries.

The exhibition opens on 18 November 2026 at the Escola Superior do Ministério Público da União (ESMPU) in Brasília, Brazil, and runs until 26 February 2027.

Photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi will attend the opening.

Official exhibition announcement – ESMPU

International artistic residency in Manaus, Brazil

Nicoló Lanfranchi will participate in Bird’s Eye View – Disinformation and Biospheres (Perspectiva dos Pássaros), an international artistic residency taking place at the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA) in Manaus, Brazil, from 10 to 19 August 2026, with the institutional support of the Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo.

Organised by the Goethe-Institut and the French Consulates General in Brazil, with funding from the Franco-German Cultural Fund, the programme will bring together international artists, researchers and Indigenous knowledge holders to explore environmental disinformation, biodiversity and Indigenous knowledge.

During the residency, Lanfranchi will further develop his ongoing project The Forest Knows, focusing on historical photographic archives, Indigenous memory and cultural restitution.

Official links:

• Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo – Official announcement

• Goethe-Institut – Residency programme and partners

The Forest Knows awarded Second Prize at the Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Award in Brasilia, Brazil

The Forest Knows (A Floresta Sabe), a project by Nicoló Lanfranchi in collaboration with Davilson Brasileiro, has been awarded Second Prize in the Photojournalism and Visual Arts category at the inaugural Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Journalism and Communication Award, selected from more than 900 submissions across all categories.

Organised by the Brazilian Federal Government with the support of UNESCO, the award recognises outstanding journalism and communication projects focused on the Amazon, environmental protection and Indigenous rights.

Official links:

• Brazilian Government – Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Award

• ARTICLE 19 – A Floresta Sabe, award-winning project

Nashulai Maasai Conservancy featured in The Guardian

​Nashulai Maasai Conservancy, Kenya, featured in The Guardian in an article by Phoebe Weston exploring community-led wildlife conservation, Indigenous land rights and sustainable tourism, as part of The Age of Extinctionseries.

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The Forest Knows featured in Geo France, issue no. 548, (both print and online version), in both its print and online editions, accompanied by an article written by Cyril Guinet.

The Forest Knows exhibited at Yeast Photo Festival in Racale, Italy

The Forest Knows will be presented at the third edition of Yeast Photo Festival – From Planet to Plate, held across several locations in Salento, southern Italy.

The exhibition will be hosted at the historic Church of Santa Maria La Nova in Racale, with an opening on 21 September 2024, attended by the photographer, festival directors and artistic director Edda Fahrenhorst.

Presented with the support of the Municipality of Racale, in collaboration with OTM Company, the exhibition was made possible thanks to Fondazione Guglielmo Giordano and Aboca.

Official links:

• Yeast Photo Festival – The Forest Knows, 2024 exhibition archive

• Yeast Photo Festival – Official programme and press release

The Forest Knows, the photographic exhibition produced by OTM Company (Cortona On The Move) in collaboration with Aboca and Fondazione Guglielmo Giordano, will be presented at Festivalori, the festival dedicated to ethical finance, in Modena, Italy

​The Forest Knows: The Amazon Village with a Message for the World, a photographic essay by Nicoló Lanfranchi, is published in The Guardian, as part of The Bruno and Dom Project, an international journalistic initiative dedicated to continuing the work of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights defender Bruno Pereira, murdered in the Amazon in June 2022.

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Nomination in the Deutscher Reporter Preis 2018

The visual Story for Der Spiegel “Rettung zwischen allen Fronten” – about a rescue mission in the Mediterranean sea onboard Aquarius ship run by the Ngo Sos Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders – have been nominated in the Deutscher Reporter Preis 2018, in the Multimedia category.