Paisagem natural

CARINA
BARROS

Film
Photography
Projects
São Paulo · Brazil

00 / Preface

Some projects begin with an answer. The ones that interest me most begin with a question.

I investigate people, territories, memory, body and imagination.

01 / Cinematography

Filmography

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Reel

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Direção de fotografia · câmera
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Documentaries

Films shaped by territory, ritual, creation and encounter.

Documentário

O Rito

Zimbábue · 09:31
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The Heart Trilogy

Three chapters filmed in India, between territory, presence and encounter.

The Heart Trilogy

Vrindavan

Índia · 02:30
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Wide Soul Wild Body

Moving portraits about body, presence, identity and expression.

About the project

Wide Soul Wild Body brings together audiovisual encounters with artists and people who explore the body as a territory of creation. Each film emerges from presence in front of the camera and reveals gestures, rhythms and singular ways of inhabiting the world.

Retrato em movimento

Nikita Pushkareva

02:52

03 / CYANOTYPE

Botanical Printing

Light, plant matter and time. A field of experimentation between photography, nature and memory.

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04 / Film production company

Imagem Ritual

Films that awaken dormant parts of us.

Imagem Ritual

A film production company dedicated to sensitive, cinematic narratives.

Documentários, branded content, campanhas e projetos autorais conectados a cultura, corpo, espiritualidade, impacto social e transformação.

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05 / Project Architecture

An important cause also needs to find the right form to exist in the world.

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06 / Process

Field Notes

Notes from a practice in constant investigation.

Carina Barros

Observe before intervening.

Meu trabalho nasce da escuta, da presença e da atenção ao que ainda não encontrou forma. Entre documentários, fotografia e projetos autorais, cada processo começa pelo encontro: compreender o contexto, criar confiança e descobrir qual linguagem pertence àquela história.

A câmera não entra apenas para registrar. Ela participa de um processo de aproximação, traduzindo atmosferas, gestos e silêncios sem apagar a singularidade de quem está diante dela.

01

Listening

Pesquisa, vínculo e compreensão do contexto antes da construção da imagem.

02

Presence

Uma direção sensível ao corpo, ao espaço e ao ritmo próprio de cada encontro.

03

Form

Escolhas capazes de materializar o invisível sem sobrecarregar a narrativa.

Trajectory

01

18 years as an audiovisual filmmaker

She works as a director, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker and photographer, developing films, campaigns and social-impact projects in Brazil and abroad. Her work investigates themes such as culture, spirituality, the body, memory and transformation.

02

12 years in camera departments

Her career spans the entire camera department, including work as GMA, Video Assist, 2nd AC and 1st AC. Alongside her other projects, she continues to work as a 1st AC, bringing to each production a technical and creative perspective built through experience across every stage of the camera workflow.

03

Productions for major platforms

She has worked on productions for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Rede Globo, TNT, GNT, among others, while also collaborating with independent production companies, agencies and cultural projects of different scales.

04

International experience

She has developed projects, conducted research and filmed in India, Zimbabwe, the United States, Bolivia and Egypt. These international experiences inform her visual research and the way she builds narratives.

05

Today

Founder of Imagem Ritual, she is dedicated to developing documentaries, original films and audiovisual projects for brands, cultural institutions and impact organizations, combining directing, cinematography, photography and project architecture.

07 / Contact

Every good idea begins with a conversation.