Gaia Creative Expeditions · Creative adventures for travellers with cameras

Entry 01 · What is GaiaField journal · 2023 to 2027

A tribe of travellers who love wild places

Small crews, big adventures and time to make something meaningful along the way.

Gaia is a small crew of photographers, filmmakers and curious explorers heading to the wild corners of the world together. We travel slowly, follow the light, and spend our days making photographs, films and stories side by side.

It is not a course and it is not a tour. It is an adventure with friends who happen to carry cameras, led by two photographers who have spent the last decade doing exactly this. You arrive on your own and leave as part of the tribe.

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Ricardo Braz & Leo Cavazzana
Founders and hosts · with local guides in every destination

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Small groups

Between 6 and 12 travellers per expedition. Small enough that nobody is a face in a crowd.

Wild places, best light

Deserts, glaciers, salt flats and forests, planned around sunrise, sunset and the hours in between.

Made together

Photography, film and storytelling in the field, with honest feedback and our full workflow shared.

Entry 02

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Every expedition starts as a line on a map. Scroll to follow the next routes, then every place we have already been.

In preparation · 2027 to 2028

Lençóis, Mongolia, China and New Zealand

June 2027 to February 2028

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Since 2023

Past expeditions

10 destinations · 4 continents

Salt flats in Bolivia, bears in Finland, fjords in Norway, the deserts of Namibia and the dunes of Lençóis. Each stamp is a trip shared with explorers who stayed friends.

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Entry 03 · The hostsRicardo Braz & Leo Cavazzana

Ricardo and Leo laughing by the lake at Torres del Paine, Patagonia — Torres del Paine, PatagoniaStill friends after 14 expeditions

Two photographers who wanted to share the world with like-minded people

We started Gaia in 2023 to share what more than ten years of photographing the wild corners of the world taught us, with travellers who want to do the same.

On the road we're your hosts, guides, teachers, drivers and, on a good night, the cooks. We plan every day around the light, find the spots, stand next to you when the moment happens, and sit with you at night to edit.

Nothing is held back: how we see and frame a scene, our whole workflow from camera to final edit, and even how we pitch to and work with brands. Most travellers arrive as strangers and leave as friends. Plenty come back for more. The record is four trips, held by one very loyal traveller, and we’re still waiting for someone to beat him.

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Photographer, filmmaker & expedition leader

Ricardo Braz

From Rio de Janeiro. Ricardo has spent more than a decade chasing the world the old-fashioned way: with patience, curiosity and the same spark of wonder that first put a camera in his hands. He films wild places, wildlife, the quiet moments in between and the people who live close to the land.

He brings a documentary eye to brand films and campaigns too: small crews, real places, natural light, and stories that don’t feel like ads. With Camille he runs coolgrades, a colour grading brand for DaVinci Resolve built on the same looks and workflow he uses on expeditions.

From the Arctic to the desert his rule stays the same: go far, go honestly and bring back something real. His favourite thing about a Gaia trip is watching someone come home a little braver than they left.

Also: Co-founder, coolgrades
On the trip: First to wake up, plans the light, grades with you at night
Favourite animal: Bears

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Coolest adventures to date

Standing at the Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan
Hiking to Everest Base Camp
A 120 km self-sufficient trek in Sweden, over 5 days
Diving with sperm whales in Mauritius
Almost getting flattened by a black rhino. Twice.

Director, photographer & teacher

Leo Cavazzana

Born in São Paulo and raised in the countryside, Leo studied economics until a trip in 2015 turned photography into his life. He specialises in wildlife, and his work is about coexistence: bringing nature closer to people.

He is also a director and co-founder of Voga Creative Co., a production company working from São Paulo, Cape Town and Miami, where his rule is simple: technique exists to serve emotion. He has been teaching since 2018, and more than 500 students have learned his way of seeing the environment beyond the lens.

Whatever the job, he is after images with their own identity, where an artistic eye and careful craft make the extraordinary possible. On a Gaia trip that means the patient side of photography: reading the animals, waiting for the moment and making sure everyone has the right settings when it comes.

Also: Co-founder, Voga Creative Co.
On the trip: Finds the animals, explains the settings, tells the campfire stories
Favourite animal: Elephants

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Coolest adventures to date

A month in southern Kenya with the big tuskers
Diving with orcas in the Arctic Circle
Waking up to a campsite surrounded by lions
His wedding proposal was crashed by a lion
Almost getting flattened by a black rhino. Twice.

We chase the light

Days planned around sunrise, sunset and the blue hour, never around a bus timetable.

We find the spot

Scouting, local guides and years of mistakes, so you're in the right place when it happens.

We edit with you

Evenings with laptops and something warm to drink. Honest feedback, our full workflow.

We carry the rest

Routes, permits, drivers and dinners, so the only thing on your mind is the next frame.

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Entry 05 · From the crewThe tribe, in their own words

AlistairPatagonia

MarcelaBolivia

Without a doubt it was the absolute best decision I made in 2024, and one of my biggest life-changing moments.

It feels like travelling with friends while doing what you love in the most beautiful places on earth.

Both Leo and Ricardo first believed in me even when I didn't believe in myself.

Nine strangers became family. Lying on the dunes after dusk, under one of the most beautiful skies I have ever seen.

It's about connecting with incredible people and building lasting friendships while exploring the world's most beautiful places.

Without a doubt, being part of an expedition with them was a turning point in my career.

Once tribe, always tribe

The adventure doesn’t end at the airport

Every explorer who comes on a Gaia trip stays one of us for good: a crew page with everyone from your trip, a WhatsApp group that never quite goes quiet, a campfire question every month, edit nights and meetups between trips. Strangers on day one, tribe for life.

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A Gaia crew at sunset on the Bolivian salt flat

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