Thiago Diz is an adventure and sports photographer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His RacingThePlanet adventures began in 2013, when he joined the Atacama Crossing (Chile) as an official photographer. Since then, he has photographed the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2014, the Sahara Race (Jordan) 2015, RacingThePlanet: Ecuador 2015, the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2016, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2016, the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2017, RacingThePlanet: Patagonia 2017, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2018, the Gobi March (Mongolia) 2019, the Namib Race (Namibia) 2021, RacingThePlanet: Lapland 2022, the Namib Race (Namibia) 2022, the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2022, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2022, the Namib Race (Namibia) 2024, RacingThePlanet: The 20-Year Race (Jordan) 2024, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2024, the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2025 and the Namib Race (Namibia) 2026. We are excited to welcome Thiago back to The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2026 and look forward to seeing his awesome photos!
Andre GEMMER
Videographer
Brazil
Andre Gemmer, from Santa Catarina, Brazil, returns to Antarctica for The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2026, his second time on the White Continent and his tenth RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts Ultramarathon. As CEO and videographer of Green Filmes, Andre has spent more than 12 years producing audiovisual content. He focuses on sporting events ranging from trail running and major running festivals to tennis and volleyball. His first visit to Antarctica, for The Last Desert 2024, was a special milestone in his career. He is excited to return and once again capture powerful stories from one of the most beautiful and challenging places on the planet. Throughout the event, Andre will be filming for website updates, media clips and lasting memories for competitors.
Matthew MAYNARD
Photographer and Filmmaker
United Kingdom, Resident in Chile
Matt Maynard is a British filmmaker, mountain guide and climate change scientist (MSc). Since 2014 he has lived in El Arrayán, in the foothills above Santiago, Chile. His award-winning documentaries look at how people, culture and mountain environments connect. As founder of Earth Rise Productions, his films include Laguna Negra (2024), about high-Andean water ecosystems. He also has Apu (2026), about indigenous water stewardship at Cerro El Plomo, and TransAndina (2026), a journey across the Andes; both are still being made.
As a journalist, Matt is known for reporting stories early, before others pick them up. He has trekked the Darién Gap for Geographical and hiked the Greater Patagonia Trail for Outside. For the BBC, he reported on how people and wolves live alongside each other in Sweden. He also followed Extinction Rebellion from its first small protest in London. He spent two and a half years investigating Anglo American’s $3 billion Los Bronces Integrado project, and the findings discredited its claims about contamination of the glaciers that supply Santiago’s water. His reporting for Geographical and Reuters on the El Colorado and Olivares valleys helped the campaign that led to Parque Nacional Glaciares de Santiago being declared in 2023.
When he isn’t working, Matt takes his two young children walking in the mountain river near their home. Matt joins RacingThePlanet for the first time at The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2026 as part of the official Media Team.
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