Freelance ethnographer, researcher & consultant


Offshore Photos

Here’s another handful of offshore photos from a recent assignment for Rigsby Hull and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. These offshore photographs shows oil rig constructions and roughnecks at work on Ocean Valor, which is situated off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, an approximately 75 minutes ride by helicopter. The oil rig workers stays on…

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Oil Rig Photography

Once again I had the pleasure of working with Rigsby Hull and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. on a oil rig photography project. During the course of a day, I visited their newest acquisition, the DP Semisubmersible Ocean Valor, in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The oil rig photography…

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Nike Football Culture in Latin America

We’ve completed the ethnographic research work for Nike and the result is a beautiful, 400-page book on football culture in Latin America. The research is in large part based upon visual ethnography by Jacob Langvad Nilsson. The book is a study of football culture among teens in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. The research sought to…

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The Brazilian Dream: Tahis for Visual Ethnography

‘The Brazilian Dream’ (O Sonho Brasileiro) is a qualitative study of the young generation Brazilians, with focus on their dreams and desires. This is a photograph of The Brazilian Dream: Tahis for Visual Ethnography from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for BOX1824 by photographer Jacob Langvad Nilsson.


Laura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for BOX1824

‘The Brazilian Dream’ (O Sonho Brasileiro) is a qualitative study of the young generation Brazilians, with focus on their dreams and desires. This is a photograph of Laura for Rio de Janeiro Brazil for BOX1824 by photographer Jacob Langvad Nilsson.





Tahís, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for BOX1824

‘The Brazilian Dream’ (O Sonho Brasileiro) is a qualitative study of the young generation Brazilians, with focus on their dreams and desires. This is a photograph of Tahís from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for BOX1824 by photographer Jacob Langvad Nilsson.


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Human-centered Design Research in Emerging Markets


Jacob Langvad Nilsson continues to work persistently in the cross-section between editorial photojournalism and visual ethnography, pushing the boundaries of human-centered design research to tell stories about globalization, cultural shift, and the aspirations and desires of people living in a changing world.

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