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Zésopol was born in East Timor and was an activist for the country’s independence. He studied Business Administration in Jakarta and was first introduced to photography during the resistance movement, when he smuggled a camera into the jail cell of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão. Since then his photos have been published widely in Timor’s and international media. He is one of the founder and former editor in chief of TALITAKUM, an investigative magazine published in Indonesia and Timor-Leste and is a founder and the head of the Timor-Leste Photographers’ Association (TiLPA).

Zésopol has a Postgraduate Certificate in Journalism from the University of Queensland, Australia and was a Human Rights Advocate with the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. He has studied Black & White Photography at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York. Zésopol has provided journalism and photography training to various groups in Timor and abroad, including young refugees in Tanzania.

He is currently based in New York City.