Daniel Rodrigues is a Portuguese photojournalist, born in Compiègne (France) in 1987. He has lived in Portugal since he was 10 years old.
He became a professional photographer after completing the professional photography course at the Portuguese Institute of Photography (2010). His career began at the newspaper Correio da Manhã, and he also worked at the agency Global Imagens, responsible for distributing photographs in newspapers such as Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias, and O Jogo.
In 2013, Daniel Rodrigues won first place in the Daily Life category of the World Press Photo. In 2015, he was named the third-best photographer of the year by POYi (Picture of the Year International), in 2017, he was named Ibero-American Photographer of the Year at POY LATAM, and he achieved third place as Photographer of the Year by NPPA, among many other awards.
Based in Porto, he works worldwide as a freelance photojournalist and has been a contributor to the American newspaper The New York Times since March 2015.
His passion for trains led him to travel for 13 days on the Iron Train Mauritania considered the world's most dangerous train. He traveled across India for two months, covering a total of 10,400 km. His interest in contentious issues related to human rights has led him to document important stories, such as Albinos in Africa and illegal factories in Bangladesh, for The New York Times. He spent a month living in the Amazon rainforest with the world's most threatened indigenous tribe, Awá Guajá. Over the past years, Daniel Rodrigues covered the Ukraine war on the front line for Visão, Público, and SIC.
His most recent adventure was crossing Africa by electric bicycle from Cape Town, South Africa, to Nairobi, Kenya, covering a total of 6,363 km. This journey aimed to promote sustainability and raise awareness about climate change on that continent.
