Selected editorial tear sheets and publications


Victor's Moriyama is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, National Geographic, Time Magazine and Bloomberg. Mr. Moriyama photographs institutional campaigns for: International Committee of the Red Cross , UNHCR, Rainforest Foundation and Greenpeace.


The New York Times

Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef? Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something else: the ability of trees to lock away planet-warming carbon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/climate/amazon-reforestation.html?searchResultPosition=1

National Geographic

Nat Geo story on Brazil's shark meat consumption. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/how-shark-meat-became-a-global-phenomenon

The New York Times

Panorama of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city dominated by international drug trafficking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/world/americas/ecuador-drug-cartels.html

The New York Times

Report on the humanitarian crisis of the Yanomami indigenous people, devastated by the presence of thousands of illegal gold miners in their territory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/world/americas/brazil-amazon-indigenous-tribe.html

Time Magazine

Profile of the Terra Preta Institute, which works on the reforestation of degraded areas and monocultures as a sustainable alternative for food production within the agroforestry concept.

https://time.com/6242262/brazil-drought-farming-rain-forests/

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Year in Pictures 2020
New York Times front page
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Yanomami Crisis
New York Times front page
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Covid-19 Pandemic
New York Times front page
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Desertification
New York Times front page
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Amazon rainforest fires
New York Times front page
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Sports Section - Portrait
New York Times
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Time Magazine Summary
Time Magazine Issue

The New York Times

How gangs took over Haiti after the assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/world/americas/haiti-gangs-kidnapping.html

The New York Times

Inside Peru's turmoil. A portrait of the wave of protests and burials that took over Peru after the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/world/americas/peru-protests.html

The New York Times

Investigating the death of journalist Dom Philips and indigenist Bruno Pereira in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/13/world/americas/amazon-murder.html

The New York Times

Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira crime investigation. Full report.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/11/world/americas/amazon-murder-dom-phillips-bruno-pereira.html

The New York Times

Research on the automobile industry and its import ratio of leather from deforestation areas in the Amazon rainforest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/climate/leather-seats-cars-rainforest.html

The New York Times

Inside Peru's Turmoil. A wave of protests across the country. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/world/americas/peru-protest-photos.html

The New York Times

Licensed pictures of Wajãpi indigenous chief, murdered by gold prospectors. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/world/americas/brazil-miners-amapa.html

The Wall Street Journal

The city of Barão de Cocais is gripped by fear of the eminence of the rupture of an ore dam of the company Vale 10km from the center of the city. It may be the third major disaster brought about by the rupture of Vale's Dams in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Photographs for The Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-levee-breaks-brazilian-town-on-alert-for-imminent-disaster-11558517405

National Geographic Brazil

Report that investigates the repercussion and the consequences of the rupture of Vale's ore dam in the city of Brumadinho in one of the largest open-air muses in the world, the Inhotim museum.

https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/meio-ambiente/2019/05/inhotim-recuperacao-ambiental-vale-brumadinho-paraopeba

Bloomberg

Brumadinho dam rupture, the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-01-27/vale-dam-break-buries-community-dozens-dead-and-hundreds-missing

Der Spiegel 

Loose law allows agrochemicals in Brazil to impact the health of numerous rural cities. 

https://www.spiegel.de/plus/brasilien-gefaehrlicher-pestizideinsatz-ich-spuere-den-gestank-nicht-mehr-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000163834431

The New York Times

Gay couples rush to Wed before Brazil's new president takes office. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/world/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-gay-marriage.html

Libération

Agrarian conflict - Sugar cane production (pesticides) x Social Movement (MST). 

https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/10/04/bresil-l-ombre-brune-des-grands-proprietaires-sur-les-urnes_1683285

M le Magazine du Monde

Agrarian conflicts between Indigenous and Farmers in Mato Grosso do Sul state.  December 2018

https://www.lemonde.fr/journalelectronique/donnees/libre/20181222/index.html?cahier=MAG

Los Angeles Times

Violence in Brazil's Northeast region. Framework section. 

http://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-fg-violence-natal-brazil-2017-htmlstory.html

El País 

Spiral of Death - Violence in Brazil 

https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2018/03/16/album/1521230534_065006.html


 

National Geographic Brazil

Chapada dos Veadeiros - before and after the greatest fire in its history

Online story published on April 2018

https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/meio-ambiente/2018/04/parque-nacional-chapada-dos-veadeiros-incendio-florestal-cerrado

Apple 

"Bumba meu Boi" picture story for Apple's official account on Instagram. 

July 2018

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkpx25zgNEn/?taken-by=apple 

National Geographic Brazil

Guardiões da Floresta - August 2018 edition

Forest Guardians - Wajãpi indigenous group.

https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/cultura/2018/08/povos-indigenas-wajapi-amazonia-renca-reserva

National Geographic Brazil

Yellow fever decimate monkey population in São Paulo 

Online story published on May 2018

https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/animais/2018/05/bugios-febre-amarela-epidemia-macacos-extincao

Claudia Magazine

Vida de Refugiada

Refugee Women

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El Pais

La Ciudad del Fin del Mundo

Canudos story in El Pais Magazine

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National Geographic

Car Cemetery report in National Geographic Magazine.

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El Pais Magazine

Story about the largest occupied building in Brazil.

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Globo

Special edition - Conscious Consumption.

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Globo

Special Edition - Urban Mobility.

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Le Monde

Pesticides in Brazil

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Le Monde

The Mariana disaster in Brazil

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Los Angeles Times

Venezuelan migrants flee hunger and violence.

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Los Angeles Times

The Cracolandia problem in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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National Geographic

Cover page of the National Geographic Magazine special edition about the Water Crisis in the world.

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National Geographic

National Geographic Magazine special Water edition, editor letter.

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Horizonte Geografico

Text and photos by Victor Moriyama

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Horizonte Geografico


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National Geographic

Draught and the water situation in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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National Geographic

Photo showcased in the 'Visions' section of the Magazine.

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National Geographic

The garbage and waste management problem in Brazil.

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National Geographic

600 thousand Brazilians collect material for the recycling industry.

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