FIDELIO FAUSTINO







Fidelio Faustino Ferrier (b. 2001) is an Amsterdam-born, Surinamese-raised cinematographer, director, and photographer currently based between Paramaribo and Amsterdam. His work explores culture as a tool for shaping new expressions of identity, using image-making to redefine the meaning of Black imagery — both for himself and the public.

Drawing inspiration from memory, spirituality, and fantasy, Faustino’s visual language oscillates between documentary realism and stylised fiction. His work seeks to unravel nostalgia and a sense of belonging, rooted in the Afro-Caribbean experience while remaining universally resonant.

He has collaborated with institutions, brands, and artists such as RIMON, Naomi Sharon, The New Originals, Wandler, New Balance, Ree Projects, FOAM, Het Parool, NRC Magazine, Echobox Radio, Dezeen, and Filling Pieces. His visual and conceptual work spans campaign films, editorials, exhibitions, and multidisciplinary art installations.

Faustino was selected as a winner of the Dutch Photography Award 2025, with a group exhibition at Melkweg Expo. That same year, he was named one of PhotoVogue’s 100 top Latin American talents, exhibiting at the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan and speaking at the “Beyond Borders: Diaspora & Representation” panel. His ongoing series Neti È Kon was also featured in Photo31’s “New Visions” exhibition at AtelierK84.

Faustino is a returning workshop host and guest lecturer for institutions including FOAM Photography Museum Amsterdam, the Public Library of Amsterdam, Meervaart Studios, and MAQAM.




































Exhibitions

2024                   Chosen as one of the 100 most top artists of the PhotoVogue Latin America Panorama shortlist, on show at the PhotoVogue Festival, Milan March 2025

2024—2025      Photo31 New Vision Expo at AtelierK84 from December 13th, 2024 to January 18th, 2025

2025        Selected as a winner of the Dutch Photography Award 2025, with a group exhibition at Melkweg Expo from may 9th till may 11th


    


2025                          The project 'Neti È Kon' has been selected as a Curator's Pick by PhMuseum Photography Grant 2025

2025                            Portrait featured in the PhotoVogue community and published in the Voque Italia May 2025 issue


Panels and workshops

2022                             Hosted the 'Design your own magazine and develop your artistic vision' at FOAM In Partnership with Meervaart Studios.  

2023                             Hosted the program 'Like Father, Like Son' with FOAM

2024                             Hosted the photography workshop: Football Culture in West with Pim Ras for MAQAM and FOAM.

2024—2025                Developed and hosted the Photo Lab for Meervaart Studios and FOAM

2025                               On the panel for Beyond Borders: Diaspora & Representation at Base Milano during the Photo Vogue Festival 2025



Clients and publications include PhotoVogue, Base Milano, Wandler, New Balance, RIMON, The New Originals, Naomi Sharon, Open Space Contemporary Art Museum, Bloomer Records,
Filling Pieces, Ree Projects, Echobox Radio, Het Parool, Wrangler, FOAM, Haffmans Neumeister, Latanya Alberto, Dezeen, NOT 97, NRC Magazine.


© 2025  — Fidelio Faustino

Neti E Kon.