Amilton Neves Cuna is a professional photographer and visual anthropologist from Maputo, Mozambique who examines contemporary societal issues using storytelling and documentary techniques. His past and current projects focus on addressing perceptions of individuals who find themselves at the margins of society through narratives of empowerment while preserving often forgotten aspects of our modern history. After Mozambique experienced two deadly cyclones only a month apart in 2019, he also began to explore the effects of climate change.

Cuna is currently completing his M.A. in Visual & Media Anthropology from HMKW Berlin and has participated in training courses at Nuku Studio in Ghana and the International Urban Photography Summer School at Goldsmiths University in London. He has been prominently featured several times at the Franco Moçambicano Cultural Center in Maputo Mozambique, as well as galleries in Ghana, Portugal, Brazil, Ethiopia, Canada and the USA. His collection, Madrinhas de Guerra, was shortlisted for the International Contemporary African Photography Award (2018), and won the Palm Springs Photo Festival Portfolio Prize (2018). In 2019, he had the opportunity to be the International African Diaspora Resident Artist at the Pacific Felt Factory in San Francisco, California and in 2020 was named by World Press Photo as one of the most talented photographers in Africa as part of their 6x6 recognition program.