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With the help of his awe-inspiring and endearing photography, Gabriel Maia has emerged as one of the top photographers.

Published

5 years ago

August 20, 2020

His passion for photography has transformed him into one of the leaders in the vast industry.

All worlds is an art, that’s what people say, but to see and understand this, one also needs artistic eyes. For some people they find the art in anything and everything they see around them, in people, places, nature, etc. but some others have the potential to create art out of anything and everything. Such artistic eyes and a heart are rarely found today in the much competitive environment across all industries. The world of photography is no different. It has given birth to many photographers, but only a few have the ability and the potential to create art and weave around a story beautifully for each of their images captured. One such artistic photographer we came across is Gabriel Maia, who since an early age always had a knack for photography and gradually developed his career into the same, becoming one of the leaders in the industry.

Born in 1961 in Brazil, since his childhood, photography always attracted Maia. As he turned 17, he even purchased his first more advanced camera of that time – an Olympus OM-2. He started shooting football games at high school and also nature and national parks. With this, he had thousands of negatives captured with this camera. However, he loved to shoot at the Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Maia started using digital camera quite early when they were more expensive and had no decent quality. However, his skills in photography improved and he got serious about the art using Cannon and then Fuji cameras.

Art gets transformed into children easily, especially when they have a parent with artistic abilities and potentials. Same happened with Bruno and Rosiane, children of Maia, who learned to love photography. After spending some great time with her father capturing people and places, Rosiane later even became Maia’s model. In her teens, she would observe professional models and learn the art of posing. Today, Maia has about 1 million photographs in his lightroom portfolio. His daughter not only learnt the art in front of the camera but also behind it, where she learnt how to capture shots as well.

Although Maia and Rosiane have travelled to some of the best and the most exotic locations and have captured beautiful images while travelling, still they find Iceland and Indonesia to be the best and the most photogenic places.

The father-daughter duo even got their shot images approved by Photo Vogue Italia. It isn’t easy to get approved for portfolios to get approved by Vogue Italia editors, but Maia and Rosiane started by initially analyzing approved Vogue Italia portfolios and planned photoshoots to apply. They had planned a photo expedition in Indonesia, purchased the appropriate props and captured thousands of images on that trip. Maia edited the images after returning home and submitted them to Vogue Italia. His photography talent was identified and they got approved. They have today multiple of those shots and images at Photo Vogue Italia and Art + Commerce. His collection includes a variety of people’s portraits and also indulges in capturing most scenic and travel places.

Maia confesses that he never shoots in a studio, for him nothing beats a natural environment. Also, most of his city portraits have been successful and amongst the most appreciated shots.

With spending so many years into the world of photography, and learning through the process till today, has catapulted Maia as a successful and sought-after photographer.

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Derik Fay: The Quiet Architect of Impact-First Entrepreneurship

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1 day ago

May 8, 2025

Michelle Langton

In an era where noise often overshadows results, Derik Fay is quietly shaping a different kind of legacy — one built not on showmanship, but on undeniable substance. For more than two decades, Fay has engineered the rise of over 30 companies across industries as diverse as real estate, technology, healthcare, and entertainment. Yet his name rarely leads headlines — not because he hasn’t earned it, but because he never needed it to validate his success.

Growing up in Rhode Island, Fay learned early that the world rarely hands out opportunity; it must be seized, created, and multiplied. While many of his peers pursued traditional paths, he took a risk that would define the rest of his life: at just 22, he founded 3F Management, a venture firm with an entirely different mission — to build companies that would outlast trends, outperform markets, and, most importantly, out-impact their competition.

Instead of obsessing over short-term wins, Fay approached entrepreneurship like a craftsman. Much like Henry Ford, who famously said, “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business,” Fay built companies that weren’t just profitable — they were purposeful. Every venture was designed to create real, sustainable value, both for shareholders and for the communities they served.

Through his relentless focus on structure and leadership, Fay’s ecosystem of businesses now touches thousands of lives daily — from employees finding new opportunities to entrepreneurs gaining the mentorship they never had before. But unlike typical moguls who boast about headcounts, Fay views every job created as a ripple in a larger mission: empowering individuals to write better futures for themselves.

Where others have scaled fast and crashed harder, Fay’s model thrives on foundations few are patient enough to build anymore. His method is slower, smarter, and almost surgical: find what others overlook, fix what others fear, and grow what others abandoned too early. It’s this principle that led him to not just build companies — but to resurrect them, reimagine them, and sometimes even walk away if the mission no longer aligned with the impact he envisioned.

Fay’s philosophy extends far beyond boardrooms. Philanthropy isn’t a checkbox at the end of his success story — it’s embedded into the way he scales. His ventures are built with giving back written into their DNA, from local community initiatives to broader mentorship platforms that help emerging entrepreneurs get their first real shot at success. His life’s work is proof that wealth and generosity are not mutually exclusive — they are, in fact, essential partners.

Today, while newer generations of entrepreneurs hustle for likes and magazine covers, Fay’s name is whispered in rooms where real power moves. His reputation — built quietly but relentlessly — is that of a man who delivers, builds, and elevates without the need for public validation.

In a business world increasingly built on spectacle, Derik Fay reminds us that the most lasting legacies are forged not in the glare of the spotlight, but in the thousands of lives changed quietly along the way.

For more insights into Derik Fay’s ventures and philanthropic efforts, visit www.derikfay.com and follow him on Instagram @derikfay