Julio Bittencourt was born in 1980 in Brazil and grew up between Sao Paulo and New York. His projects have been exhibited in galleries and museums in more than twenty countries and his work published in magazines such as Foam Magazine, GEO, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Courrier International, C Photo, The Guardian, The New Yorker, Esquire, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, and Leica World Magazine, among several others.
Bittencourt is the author of three books: “In a window of Prestes Maia 911 Building”, "Ramos" and "Dead Sea".
He currently lives and works in Paris and is represented by Galeria Lume, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
About Walls, Galeria Lume, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fotografica Festival, Bergamo, Italy
Ramos, Zielinsky, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Ramos, Paris Photo | Galeria Lume, Paris Photo, Paris, France
Ramos, F2 Fotofestival | Dortmund, Germany
Plethora, Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Plethora, Leica Gallery, Wetzlar, Germany
Plethora, Leica Gallery SP, Brazil
2017
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Embassy of Brazil / Photometria, Athens, Greece
Plethora, Galeria Lume, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016
Ramos, Valongo Festival Internacional da Imagem, Santos, Brazil
Ramos, Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
Some Things are lost never to be found again, 1500 Babilonia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Some Things are lost never to be found again, XIII Premio Marc Ferrez, Parque Mario Covas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Some Things are lost never to be found again, XIII Premio Marc Ferrez, Praça da Se, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Some Things are lost never to be found again, XIII Premio Marc Ferrez, Praça Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Traveling Film Festival, Rennes, France
2012
Ramos, Galeria Zoom (Flip Fair), Paraty, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Festival Photo Peouples * Nature, La Gacilly, France
2011
Ramos, 1500 Gallery, New York, NY
Ramos, Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Bilbao Alameda, Bilbao, Spain
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Plaza Imperial, Zaragoza, Spain
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Donostia-San Sebastian, San Sebastian, Spain
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Diagonal Mar, Barcelona, Spain
2009
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Parquesur, Madrid, Spain
2008
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 5th Amnesty International Human Rights Prize, Berlin, Germany
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Almada, Lisbon, Portugal
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fnac Chiado, Chiado, Portugal
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Cicero Galerie, Berlin, Germany
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Point of View Art Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2024
Ramos, “Galeria”, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts,Yamanashi, Japan
Ramos, “Rio, o desejo de uma Cidade”, Casa Roberto Marinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2023
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
In a window of Prestes Maia Bldg, 'Stadt | Land | Fluss - Three Oskar Barnack Award Series', Leica Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
In a window of Prestes Maia Bldg, METAMORFOSES, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Plethora | 201, Diálogos Possíveis, da coleção de Marcos Amaro, FAMA Museu, Itú, Brazil
2021
Ramos, ‘From the collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts: Begninnings, Forever’, MOPA | Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
2020
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Pinacoteca Art Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Ernst Leite Museum, Wetzlar, Germany
2019
Ramos, "Praia", Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ramos, "O Rio dos Navegantes", MAR (Museu de Arte do Rio), Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Ramos & In a window of Prestes Maia bldg - "From the Collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts: Beginnings, Forever", Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ramos & In a window of Prestes Maia bldg - "From the Collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts: Beginnings, Forever", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taichung City, Taiwan
2017
Plethora, "Poder e Sufocamento" - Marcos Amaro Foundation, MIS (Museum of Image and Sound), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos & Citizen X, "Corpus" - Leica Gallery Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora, Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Modos de Ver o Brasil: Itau Cultural 30 anos, Oca Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 'Antilogias: o fotografico na Pinacoteca’, Pinacoteca Art Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Yes, Nós Temos Biquíni, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ramos, Quando o Mar Virou Rio, National History Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ramos, MIS (Museum of Image and Sound), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ramos, La Quatrieme Image, Paris, France
2016
Ramos, Linguagens do Corpo carioca (a vertigem do Rio), Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Photometria Photo Festival, Ioannina, Greece
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Young Portfolio Acquisitions, Yamanashi, Japan
2015
Ramos, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Young Portfolio Acquisitions,Yamanashi, Japan
2013
Citizen X, Fundacao Conrado Wessel, Biblioteca Central da (UFPE) - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
2012
Ramos, 25 International Book Fair of Bogota, Colombia
Ramos, Mag! Sao Paulo, Fashion Week, Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Noordelicht Photo Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
Ramos, Praia, Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Brazilian, 1500 Gallery, New York, US
Ramos, Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia, Espaço Porto Seguro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Polka Galerie, Paris, France
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, US
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Do Espaço Estilhaçado, Micasa Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Angkor Photo Festival, Angkor, Cambodia
2009
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Fache Arts + Amy Alonso Gallery, Miami, FL
Citizen X, Consciences and Frontiers, Alte Post Neulkolln, Berlin, Germany
Ramos, Dazed & Confused, Centro Cultural da Justiça Eleitoral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Bienal de la Photographie de Paris - Photoquai, Paris, France
Ramos, Convergencias, Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Passport to the Arts - The New Yorker, New York, US
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Solms, Germany
America at Home, various locations throughout the US
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, XV Encuentros abiertos de fotografia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Festival Foto America, Santiago, Chile
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
2007
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Semana Negra, Gijón, Spain
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 1 Forum Latino-Americano de Fotografia - Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Leica Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Coleção Pirelli / Masp, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Museum Nacional, Brasilia, Brasil
Art Fairs
2024
Plethora | 9 to 5, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2023
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Galeria Lume, Paris Photo, Paris, France
‘Ensemble’? | About Walls, Galeria Lume, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
‘Ensemble’? | About Walls, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022
About Walls, Galeria Lume, Paris Photo, Paris, France
‘Janta’ | About Walls, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2021
Colonial Mentality, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2020
Plethora | 9 to 5 & Colonial Mentality, Galeria Lume, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plethora | 9 to 5 & Colonial Mentality, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora | Dead Sea, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Galeria Lume, Another Fair (Viewing Room)
Colonial Mentality, Galeria Lume, Latitude Art Fair (Viewing Room)
Colonial Mentality, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte (Viewing Room)
2019
Ramos, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora | 9 to 5, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018
Plethora, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017
Ramos & Plethora, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016
Plethora, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ramos, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plethora, Galeria Lume SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Plethora, Galeria da Gavea SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte/ Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Galeria Lume, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014
Some Things are lost never to be found again, 1500 Babilonia, SP-Arte/ Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kamado, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013
Ramos, Galeria da Gavea, ArtRio, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 1500 Gallery, SP-Arte/ Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Some Things are lost never to be found again, 1500 Gallery, SP- Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Polka Galerie, Madrid Foto, Spain
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 1500 Gallery, Art San Diego, US
Ramos, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, 1500 Gallery, Pinta NY, New York, US
Ramos, Galeria da Gavea, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009
In a window of Prestes Maia bldg, Dusseldorf Art Fair, Germany
Citizen X, Bolsa de Arte, SP-Arte/Foto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Grants, Fellowships & Awards
2023
Prix Pictet: "Human Cycle" (nominee)
2020
COCA Project | Center of Contemporary Artists (Finalist)
2017
Aesthetica Art Prize (Shorlisted)
2013
XIII Premio Marc Ferrez de Fotografia
2012
Prix Pictet: "Growth Cycle" (nominee)
IPA (International Photography Awards) Collage Prize
IPA (International Photography Awards) Fine Art Prize
2010
Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia (Category Brazil)
2009
Fundacao Conrado Wessel Prize
Paul Kuf Award (nominee)
2007
Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Aperture Portfolio Prize
2006
Fundacao Conrado Wessel Prize
Prix Pictet: "Human Cycle" (nominee)
2020
COCA Project | Center of Contemporary Artists (Finalist)
2017
Aesthetica Art Prize (Shorlisted)
2013
XIII Premio Marc Ferrez de Fotografia
2012
Prix Pictet: "Growth Cycle" (nominee)
IPA (International Photography Awards) Collage Prize
IPA (International Photography Awards) Fine Art Prize
2010
Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia (Category Brazil)
2009
Fundacao Conrado Wessel Prize
Paul Kuf Award (nominee)
2007
Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Aperture Portfolio Prize
2006
Fundacao Conrado Wessel Prize
Collections
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BNF | Bibliothèque nationale de France
FMA - Fundacao Marcos Amaro, Brazil
Leica Collection, Wetzlar, Germany
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K*MoPA), Japan
Alfredo Setubal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Colecao Pirelli | Masp de Fotografia, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Brazil
Fundacao Conrado Wessel, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bolsa de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colecao Joaquim Paiva - Museu de Arte Moderna | MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colecao Aloysio Cravo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museu da Fotografia, Fortaleza, Brazil
Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Abact, Associacao Brasileira de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Books
2019
Dead Sea, Self Published
2015
Ramos, Cosac & Naify + Editora Madalena, Brazil
2009
In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building, DBA (Brazil), Dewi Lewis (United Kingdom) and Kehrer Verlag (Germany)
2019
Dead Sea, Self Published
2015
Ramos, Cosac & Naify + Editora Madalena, Brazil
2009
In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building, DBA (Brazil), Dewi Lewis (United Kingdom) and Kehrer Verlag (Germany)
Selected Portfolios, Features & Reviews
EXIT #86, ‘Domesticated Waters’, Dead Sea | Plethora, April 2022, Marta Sésé and Sergio Rubira.
Chroniques 91, ‘Brésil’ - Magazine of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, April, 2021.
PDN, “Ramos” - Not quite the postcard, November 2019, Samantha Reinders.
Le Quotidien de l"Art, "Ramos", 10 photographes à la loupe, November 2019, Rafael Pic, Sophie Bernard, Laure Martin.
European Photography, "Cover" - Forty Years Anniversary Issue - Plethora, Dead Sea, July 2019, Andreas Müller-Pohle & Jhoanne Baterna-Pateña.
O Globo, Fotógrafo brasileiro flagra a solidão em metrópoles como Pequim, Tóquio e NY, July 2019, Nelson Gobbi.
LFI / Leica Fotografie International, "Cover" - Plethora, Dead Sea, August 2018, Inas Fayed.
FOAM, Water Issue, "Ramos", 2018, Thyago Nogueira.
Revista Casa Claudia, 'Olhar Único", March 2018, Daniel Tavares.
Elle Brasil, "Chuva de Likes", August 2017, Bruna Bittencourt.
La Maleta de Portbou, "Portfolio", July 2017.
Aesthetica Magazine, "Aestethica Art Prize 2017, March 2017.
Luvina, Revista Literaria de La Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, March 2017.
Leica Camera AG, Ten years ago he was honored with the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Find out how life has changed for Julio Bittencourt since then, February 2017.
Agon, "In a window of Prestes 911 bldg", Ήθελα να πω μια ιστορία με διαφορετικό τρόπο, June 2016.
O Globo, "Kamado", Julio Bittencourt registra resquicios de afeta em ilha fantasma do Japao, May 2016, Nani Rubin.
Pri / BBC, "Ramos", Banned from the beach pollution, these Brazilians brought beach culture to a lake, March 2016, Steven Davy.
Arte Al Limite, "Kamado", Sudor Fotográfico, Impacto Latino, January 2016, Letícia Abramec.
L'Oeil de la Photographie, "Ramos", Books at Paris Photo 2015, November 2015 , Irène Attinger.
L'Insensé, "Ramos", Latin America, November 2015.
R7, "Ramos", Livro de fotos mergulha no Piscinão de Ramos, September 2015, Silvia Ribeiro.
R7, "Ramos", Livro de fotos mergulha no Piscinão de Ramos, September 2015, Silvia Ribeiro.
Folha de Sao Paulo, "Ramos", de Julio Bittencourt, September 16.
Livraria da Vila, "Ramos", Um mergulho surpreendente, Sergio Ribamar, August 13.
The Huffington Post, "Ramos", 10 International photographers who change the way we see the world, September 2014, Priscilla Frank.
BBC, "In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building and Ramos". Street photography: Beyond the ‘decisive moment’.
A new atlas of street photography reveals shots where nothing is quite what it seems. How are today’s snappers capturing city life?
A new atlas of street photography reveals shots where nothing is quite what it seems. How are today’s snappers capturing city life?
Financial Times Magazine, "Ramos and In a window of Prestes Maia 911" building featured on Jackie Higgins 'The World Atlas of Street Photography', August 19, 2014, Liz Jobey
GUP Magazine, "Ramos", Eyes on Brazil, June 2014
Czech Magnuns Magazine, "Ramos", June 2014, Milada Fiserova
China's Civilization Magazine China, "In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building", August 2014, Eva Zhou
Off the Wall, "Ramos", July 2014, Anna Alix Koffi
Courrier International, Ramos, 2013
ZUM!, Novo trabalho de Julio Bittencourt inaugura galeria de fotografia no Rio de Janeiro
TimeOut, "Algumas coisas são perdidas para nunca mais serem encontradas", O Morro da Babilônia ganha galeria de arte e estreia com uma exposição fotográfica de Julio Bittencourt, June 27, 2014.
C Photo, "Ramos", 2012
Marie Claire Italia, "Ramos 2012"
Technikart. US, “Artists & Opus” - Ramos, Brazil’s exploding art market, March 29, 2012, Daisy Atterbury and Bronwen Roberts
La Lettre de la Photographie, "Citizen X by Julio Bittencourt", March 13, 2012, Sabrina Moura
This Magnificent Life, "Julio Bittencourt is a name you should remember. Brazil and Rio as you've never seen them before", March 9, 2012, Simon Betteridge
The Wall Street Journal, "Swimming Pool, Stieglitz and Color", Jan. 26, 2012, William Meyer
The New Yorker, "Goings on about town", Jan. 2, 2012
de Volkskrant, "De Voormalige Textielfabriek Companhia Nacional dos Tecidos in Sao Paulo", Jan. 1. 2012, Frank Schallmaier
French Photo, "En direct de New York", Dec. 14, 2011, Eva Therond
The Morning News, "Swimming to Rio", October 17, 2011, Nozlee Samadzadeh
Los Angeles Times, "Rio's Piscinao de Ramos by Julio Bittencourt", Sept. 9, 2011, Kathy M. Y. Pyon
Dulce Equis Negra, "Julio Bittencourt - Fotografias", 2011
C Photo, "Ramos", 2012
Marie Claire Italia, "Ramos 2012"
Technikart. US, “Artists & Opus” - Ramos, Brazil’s exploding art market, March 29, 2012, Daisy Atterbury and Bronwen Roberts
La Lettre de la Photographie, "Citizen X by Julio Bittencourt", March 13, 2012, Sabrina Moura
This Magnificent Life, "Julio Bittencourt is a name you should remember. Brazil and Rio as you've never seen them before", March 9, 2012, Simon Betteridge
The Wall Street Journal, "Swimming Pool, Stieglitz and Color", Jan. 26, 2012, William Meyer
The New Yorker, "Goings on about town", Jan. 2, 2012
de Volkskrant, "De Voormalige Textielfabriek Companhia Nacional dos Tecidos in Sao Paulo", Jan. 1. 2012, Frank Schallmaier
French Photo, "En direct de New York", Dec. 14, 2011, Eva Therond
The Morning News, "Swimming to Rio", October 17, 2011, Nozlee Samadzadeh
Los Angeles Times, "Rio's Piscinao de Ramos by Julio Bittencourt", Sept. 9, 2011, Kathy M. Y. Pyon
Dulce Equis Negra, "Julio Bittencourt - Fotografias", 2011
Zum!, "Ramos - Fotografias de Julio Bittencourt", 2011, Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos
Exame, “Fotógrafo leva Piscinão de Ramos a Nova York”, August 19, 2011, Luciana Carvalho
TIME, "Rio’s Piscinão de Ramos by Julio Bittencourt", August 18, 2011, Vaughn Wallace
Go See US, “Ramos’, August 12, 2011
Isto É, “Piscinão de Ramos é tema de exposição em NY”. July 22, 2011, Antonio Carlos Prado e Laura Daudén
Época SP, “Fotógrafo paulistano tem exposição sobre o tema nos EUA”, July 20, 2011, Regiane Teixeira
SP-Arte, "Fotógrafo Julio Bittencourt estreia exposição em Nova York", Jul. 11, 2011
Paraty em Foco, "Nas janelas de Bittencourt", April 20, 2011, Juan Esteves
UOL, “Fotógrafo brasileiro expõe imagens do Piscinão de Ramos em Nova York”, April 17, 2011
Cultura Fnac, "Exposição - Julio Bittencourt, Brasil", February 28., 2011
Valor Economico, "Fotos de SP e Rio em Nova Iorque", Nov. 21, 2010, Cintia Rodrigues
Eye Magazine, "Julio Bittencourt records the last days of Prestes Maia 911" June 15, 2010, Keith Miller
Polka, "Les riches habiten dans une tour d'ivoire et aperçoivent les autres Paulistas par les vitres de leur voiture, blindée", 2010, Annie Gasnier
Mag!, "Tostex Carioca" - Um dia de sol, bronze e alegria na praia mais popular da cidade", 2010, Marcos Guinoza
Revista Trip, “Lixão, Praia e Cerveja”. Exposição fotográfica vai do Piscinão de Ramos ao lixão para retratar o espírito do Brasil, November 12, 2009, Mariana Caldas
Le Figaro, "La série du Brésilien Julio Bittencourt explore la vie quotidiennes d'une société temporaire", Sept. 23, 2009, Alice Bosio
The Guardian, "Windows on a fragile world", Feb. 7 , 2009
Foto8, "In a Window of Prestes Maia 911 Building - Room with a view", Feb. 5, 2009, Sophie Wright
Vision / China, “In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building”, December 2008
Esquire Russia, “The migration of souls”, November 2008, Natasha Vasilieva
CPN, "Depicts the beauty and depth of a simple cause", 2008, Mike Stanton
PEN, "In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building", 2008, Tatewaki Nio
Aperture, "A Window on 911 Prestes Maia Avenue", 2007
Leica World Magazine, "Emotion and Enlightenment", 2007
The British Journal of Photography, "Rear Window" - Julio Bittencourt wins Leica Top Prize, July 7, 2007
BBC, "Brasileiro que retratou sem-teto é premiado na Alemanha", June 19, 2007, Marcelo Crescenti.
LFI, "Love's Open Window - A window on life", May 2007, Maike Böhm