Claudia Andujar was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1931. She immigrated to the United States in 1944 due to the persecution of Jews during World War II. She studied painting in New York and worked as an interpreter at the United Nations. In 1955, Andujar moved to São Paulo, Brazil, and began her career as a photographer. In 1971, she received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation to research the Yanomami people from the Brazilian Amazon. From 1978 to 2000, Andujar worked for the NGO Commission Pro-Yanomami and coordinated the campaign for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory, which was officially established by the Brazilian government in 1993. Andujar’s work has been the subject of numerous international group and solo exhibitions, notably the 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. Her work is held in the collections of MoMA, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Tate Modern, MACBA, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Centre Georges Pompidou, and Inhotim Institute, where she has had a permanent gallery since 2015.