Photographer since 1981. Vasconcellos has had his images exhibited over 200 times in twenty countries. His awards include Conrado Wessel of Art (2011); Paulista Association of Art Critics (APCA – 2002) for best photography exhibition of the year with “Noturnos São Paulo”; Porto Seguro Prize of Photography (2001); and National Art Foundation (Funarte) (1995). The artist’s photographs are in Brazil’s main private collections as well in museums such as the MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), and abroad in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris, France) and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH, Houston, US).