I am forever drawn to doorways, crossroads and intersections.

Spaces where cultures collide, blend and reinvent themselves. As the son of an American father and a Brazilian mother, I grew up a third-culture kid, moving between worlds and watching how people and places shape one another. That upbringing shaped my work: a habit of collecting details, colors and gestures from every culture I encounter.

Those collections led to the first Landscapes & Gangsters book, Miami Auto Focus, a savvy fusion of history and photography. It launched at the Leica Store Miami, the store's biggest opening to date, sold out in bookstores and has held a top-50 spot among Amazon's Miami titles for three years, with prints still shipping next day across the United States.

Miami, NY, London, Tokyo and Sicily, the Landscapes & Gangsters Series weave stories of infamous gangsters with photographs of the landscapes and cities they once roamed, examining the line between outlaw and criminal. Each volume pairs striking images with place-based narratives of each historic city's checkered past, capturing the overlooked beauty of neighborhoods shaped by adversity and resilience.

Format and length: A visual monograph blending fine art photography with historical context, focused on locations where significant events took place.

Genre focus: Primarily a photography and art book, grounded by a narrative thread connecting the images to each city's history and culture.