Basketball player mid-air in a dark gym, rising toward the rim

Matheus Maranhão

DisciplineSports Photographer

Based inBrasília, Brazil

NextAvailable to relocate to Los Angeles, CA

FocusBasketball · Athletes · Brands

Brazil National TeamNikeJordanPuma BrasilNBACaixa Brasília BasqueteVNLATP BrasíliaFIFA World Cup QualifiersNBB

Profile

Brazilian photographer with more than eight years on the sideline, specializing in basketball, athlete portraiture and brand productions.

Official photographer for Brasília Basquete, with extensive experience covering professional basketball, national teams, major sporting events and commercial campaigns.

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Years photographing professional sport

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Professional events covered

National teams: basketball and football

Club, full season: Caixa Brasília Basquete

Selected work

06 projects · 2018 to 2026

01Brazil National Basketball TeamEditorial / Sports
02Nike / Jordan · Brazil National TeamCommercial / Brand
03Puma BrasilCommercial / Campaign
04NBASports / Editorial
05Caixa Brasília Basquete · SeasonProfessional Basketball
06Selected Sports AssignmentsVNL · ATP · FIFA · NBB

01 / Editorial · Sports

Brazil National
Basketball Team

Training camp to tip-off. Access inside a national team environment: concentration, coaching staff, the minutes nobody else sees and the ones the whole country watches.

Client: CBB
Coverage: Training + Games
Role: Team photographer

Player rising for a shot over defenders in a packed arena — Game01/06

Athlete seated in low light, head down, in concentration — Concentration02/06

Brief

Evolution and authority

A club photographer shows consistency. A national team shows the level. This series sits in the second group.

Team gathered on court during a timeout — Staff / Timeout03/06

Silhouetted hand releasing a ball toward the rim — Training04/06

Macro detail of a basketball's pebbled leather — Details05/06

Ball dropping through the net against a dark crowd — Emotion06/06

02 / Commercial · Brand Production

Nike / Jordan
Brazil National Team

Behind the scenes of the Brazil national football kit campaign, a production led by Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo for Nike and Jordan. Big crew, tight call sheet, zero room for a missed frame.

Brands: Nike · Jordan
Agency: W+K São Paulo
Role: BTS photographer

Floodlit football stadium seen from the upper stands

Player in dark kit striking the ball, full extension — Talent · ActionNK-014

Football boot resting on a match ball on grass — ProductNK-027

Row of match balls lined up on the pitch — DetailsNK-033

Kit launchBehind the scenesTalent on setProduct

03 / Commercial · Campaign

Puma
Brasil

A recent campaign that moves the work from coverage into commercial image making: lit, directed and built for the brand's channels.

Brand: Puma Brasil
Year: 2026
Role: Photographer

Campaign key visual

Built
to move

TrainingPU-008

FootwearPU-019

FootballPU-031

Sports reading, commercial finish. The same eye that follows a fast break, pointed at a product.

DeliverablesKey visual, social, e-commerce
SetStudio + location
TalentAthletes

Wide view of a full NBA arena under show lights

NBA

04 / Sports · Editorial

Few frames, chosen with care. One strong NBA image carries more than twenty average ones.

Sec 112 · Row B · Courtside

05 / Professional Basketball · Documentary

Caixa Brasília
Basquete · Season

One big assignment shows the level. A whole season shows consistency. Games, practice, the bench, the stands, the road and everything in between, read as one documentary.

Role: Official photographer
League: NBB
Format: Season essay

Showing 10 of 10 frames

Black and white view of a game from the baseline, player driving to the rim — Game · Home openerOCT

Ball in the air above the rim during practice — PracticeNOV

Hands gripping a basketball, close up — DetailsNOV

Empty covered court at night before a road game — Road tripDEC

Ball caught in the net from below — Game winnerJAN

Night game under stadium lights seen from the stands — The standsFEB

Rack of basketballs before warm up — Warm upMAR

Rim and net seen from below against a teal wall — ShootaroundAPR

Ball resting on the court lines, top down — Center courtAPR

Player dunking in a dark gym — FinalsMAY

06 / Range

Selected sports
assignments

80+ professional events don't need 80 pages. This is the range: volleyball, tennis, football and more, each one a different read of speed and light.