MARIANA RETTORE

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

Mariana Rettore is an Exhibitions Manager and Curator at the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam. She currently oversees the presentation of the annual World Press Photo exhibition in approximately 21 locations worldwide. Before World Press Photo, she worked as a producer and assistant curator at the Tiradentes Photo Festival in Brazil between 2018 and 2023. In 2021, she coordinated an international open call for lens-based artists culminating in an exhibition at Rotterdam Photo. For this project, she also served as a moderator, facilitating a series of webinars and discussions. Mariana has also volunteered at Galerie Huit during the 2021 edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles to help promote and organize lectures for Iandé, an international cultural platform dedicated to Brazilian photography.

Originally from Brazil, Mariana holds a master’s degree in Global Markets and Local Creativities, with a focus on Creative Industries, awarded jointly by the University of Glasgow, Uppsala University and Erasmus University of Rotterdam. She is interested in documental work, contemporary photography and multimedia storytelling that features a critical and creative approach.

Spoken Languages: English, French, Portuguese.