Simon Pais-Thomas was born and raised in Chile. He studied advertising for a year before deciding to change course and dedicate himself to photography. Having started independently, without experience, he considers himself a self-taught portraitist. However, creativity was always present in his life: as a child, he spent his free time drawing and illustrating.
Pais-Thomas initiated his career in photography with portraits, and after one of his images went viral, his name began to resonate around the world. Today, he focuses on fashion editorials and publicity, and his work has been published in various Chilean titles, such as Paula, Cosas, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel and Issue, amongst others.
He moved to Mexico for several years, where he worked with Grazia. Upon returning to Chile, the pandemic took him to the south of the country, to Puerto Varas, with his family. He spent his time there capturing the essence of the city with his camera, which he shares with us here in a series of intimate photographs.
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