Free throw in flight toward the rim, under the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers backboard

Matheus Maranhão

Sports Photographer

Based in Brasília, BR

Available worldwide

Sports · Athletes · Brands

Brazil National TeamNikeJordanPuma BrasilHyroxNBAFIBA World Cup QualifiersCaixa Brasília BasqueteVNLATP Champions TourFIFA World Cup QualifiersNBB

Profile

Matheus Maranhão

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.

0⁺

Years photographing professional sport

0⁺

Professional events covered

0⁺

Years as the CAIXA Brasília Basquete official photographer

National teams: basketball and football

Behind the cameraBrazil National Team

On setBrazil National Team

Selected work

01Brazil National Basketball TeamSports / Editorial
02NBASports / Editorial
03Brazil Football National TeamNike + Jordan · CBF + Ricardo Almeida
04Puma Brasil · HyroxCommercial / Campaign
05Brazil National Football TeamFootball / Editorial
06Major CompetitionsNBA · NBB · VNL · ATP · FIFA

01 / Sports · Editorial

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

Brazil guard number 2 staring into the lens, arena fire effects behind him — Game01/10

Brazil player rising to the rim over a Dominican defender — Game02/10

Multiple exposure of Brazil players dunking in practice — Practice03/10

Molten game ball with the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers mark — Details04/10

Black and white silhouette of a player shooting against a gym window — Training camp05/10

Brazil player running out through pyrotechnics before tip-off — Walkout06/10

Player silhouetted under the arena lights during practice — Practice07/10

Coach addressing Brazil players during training camp — Staff08/10

Multiple exposure of a warm-up dunk — Warm up09/10

Two young fans in Brazil shirts celebrating courtside — Fans10/10

Full set

126 frames

FIBA World Cup Qualifiers against the Dominican Republic, arena practice and training camp in Brasília.

Tip-off at center court, seen from the upper level

NBA

02 / Sports · Editorial

International experience shooting an NBA Regular Season game: Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic.

Kia Center · Orlando · 2026

Player rising for a warm-up jumper under the arena lights — Warm up

Layup attempt at the rim as defenders collapse — At the rim

Multiple exposure of a free throw — Free throw

Orlando Magic player sizing up the defense — Orlando Magic

SportsNBAOrlando

03 / Commercial · Behind the scenes

Brazil Football
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
Shooting location: London, UK
Role: BTS photographer

Nike + Jordan

Kit campaign · Behind the scenes

Set · Jordan Brand

Talent · ActionJordan

Clapperboard for the Nike x Jordan shoot — SlateNike x Jordan

ProductJordan

Multiple exposure of a player juggling in front of the green screen — Green screenNike

Photographer on a ladder shooting a player in the yellow Nike kit — On setNike

Close up of the CBF crest on the Nike Brazil kit — DetailsNike

CBF + Ricardo Almeida

Tailoring · Fittings

Tailor measuring a Brazil player in a hotel room — Measure

Tailor adjusting a Brazil player's jacket during a fitting — Fitting

Black and white close up of hands and a measuring tape — Details

Brazil player in the finished CBF jacket — Final look

TailoringBehind the scenesProductBrands

04 / Commercial · Campaign

Puma
Brasil · Hyrox

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

Brand: Puma Brasil
Year: 2026
Role: Photographer