Art and photography historian, Damarice Amao defended her thesis on photography on avant-garde filmmaker and photographer Eli Lotar (1905–1969) at Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). She teaches the history of photography at Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has contributed to various publications including Man Ray Portraits and 100 chefs d’oeuvres de la photographie, published by the Éditions du Centre Pompidou.