“Cairu” photography book published by Fotô Editorial — 500 copies
About
Mario Lalau (São Paulo, Brazil, 1978) currently lives in Nevada, USA. He has a bachelor's degree in Administration and a postgraduate degree in Communication and Arts. He has worked as a photojournalist for Grupo Folha de São Paulo and has published in some of the main news media in Brazil. Since 2015 he has been focused on his ongoing personal projects — “Tropeço,” published in book format in May of 2017, and “Cairu,” his most recent project, also published as a book in 2025.
Publications
“Tropeço” photography book published by Fotô Editorial — 500 copies
“Cairu” published in the Hariban International Collotype Award catalog
“Cairu” featured in See:Zeen contemporary photo magazine #14
Photos from “Tropeço” featured in the collective book Happening Happenstance by Ephemere
“Brazil By Night” — Editora Arte & Significado, collective publication
Exhibitions
“Cairu” collective exhibition “Beneath the Surface,” as part of Arles Off by Profifoto
“Cairu” photos exhibited at Blanca Gallery and projected at EMD Valldoreix for the Luminic Festival in Spain
“Cairu” was part of a collective projection at “Coletiva Tiradentes” in Brasil
Tropeço on exhibition at the Benaki Museum, part of the Photobook Show of the Athens Photo Festival
Tropeço photobook and photography exhibited at SP-Arte Foto 2018 in São Paulo, alongside other prominent artists with Fotô Editorial
Tropeço on exhibition at Dispara Xestión Cultural, for the Exposição dos Fotolivros Iberoamericanos
Tropeço made the shortlist for the 8th Ibero American photobook fair in Lisbon — 8ª Feira do Livro de Fotografia de Lisboa
Tropeço’s experimental gallery, designed by Mario Lalau, chosen for Gallery No One’s exhibition “Uncertainty”
Photographs from Tropeço included in a collective exhibition at the Visitors Center, Santa Fe, NM
“Tropeço” solo exhibit at Ateliê Fotô, São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
Hariban Award — Honorable Mention, “Cairu”
“Cairu” shortlisted for the Luminic Festival in Spain
Tropeço selected for the MOPLA Photo Book Exhibition at Venice Arts, shown alongside the Paris Photo Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards
Tropeço chosen for the Visitors Center Exhibitor’s Choice Award