MARIANA RETTORE

Curator & Exhibitions Manager
World Press Photo Foundation (The Netherlands)

Mariana Rettore is an Exhibitions Manager and Curator at the World Press Photo Foundation (WPPF), based in Amsterdam. She started in the position in 2023 and currently oversees the presentation of the annual World Press Photo exhibition in approximately 25 locations worldwide, as well as other curatorial projects within the organization.

Prior to WPPF, she worked as a producer and assistant curator at the Tiradentes Photo Festival in Brazil between 2018 and 2023. In 2021, she led the coordination of an international open call for lens-based artists that culminated in an exhibition at Rotterdam Photo. For this project, she also served as a programmer and moderator of a series of webinars and discussions on photography. Mariana has acted as a jury member for the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant, and on the Nomination Committee for the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism award of the 2026 ICP Infinity Awards.

She can be helpful in editing and sequencing documentary work, exploring strategies for exhibition display and multimedia storytelling. She is happy to also talk about WPPF, and share her insights about the world of photo festivals. Originally from Brazil, Mariana holds a bachelor's degree in Political Economy and a master’s degree in Creative Industries, awarded jointly by the University of Glasgow, Uppsala University and Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

Mariana is particularly interested in reviewing documentary work (including artistic approaches to documentary work), photojournalism, multimedia projects, and lens-based photographic art. She is not interested in reviewing fashion photography, sports photography, or AI-based projects.

Spoken Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Website: https://www.worldpressphoto.org/