Mauro Pinto was born in 1974 in Maputo, Mozambique.

In the 1990's Mauro Pinto graduates in photography from the Monitor International School and has an internship with photographer José Machado.

Mauro studied under Ricardo Rangel in Maputo and took part in several workshops where he has had the opportunity to exchange experiences with other great photographers such as Trygve Bolstad or Karl Kugel.

In 2009, along with Gonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto starts the Karl Marx 1834 project, transforming a house into a gallery which now hosts exhibitions by mozambican and international artists.

Mauro 's photographs differ dramatically in technique and subject matter.