Born and based in Maputo, Mário Macilau began photographing in 2003 and by 2007 had dedicated himself solely to his practice, when he traded his mother’s cellphone for his first camera. Mario specialized his work in long-term projects, focusing on the working, living and environmental conditions of socially isolated groups.His work has been recognized in Mozambique and all over the world, through individual and collective exhibitions. Macilau is part of the itinerant exhibition “Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design,” curated by Amelie Klein with the counsel of Okwui Enwezor for the Vitra Design Museum.