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I am Interested in how social-political and religious contexts can define the identity of the people. Human condition, emotional behaviour, survival, struggle. Relation to one-self and to others.
As a Portuguese, the legacy follows me and there is an urge to discover and get to know the peoples of the world, their habitat, how they interact with each other, the communities. Interact to understand, communicate.
However, not interfering with the situation is important, in order to capture the real happening moment. The capture of a Filmographic mood can be seen as characteristic of my images. The moments in suspense, on hold.
I would define my work as: Light shapes the contrast of the Form – Human feelings form the contrast of the Content.

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Born in Lisbon, Portugal. Grew up in a former industrial city in the suburbs of Lisbon. His grandfather was an amateur photographer in the 50s and 60s and travelled the world for exhibiting his work – see here.
Lived in Munich, Germany, working as a Software Engineer, doing Photography and Music.
Living in Sesimbra, Portugal, doing Music and Photography.

Education:

– MEF (Movimento de Expressão Fotográfica) – 3 years of Photography studies, Courses, Lisbon, 2013-2015
– Anzenberger Photography Masterclass, Vienna, 2017-2018 ( Klaus Pichler, Reiner Riedler, Andrew Phelps )

Collective documentary Photography with MEF:

– Portuguese small villages (rural and desertified), 2016
– India, 2015
– São Tomé e Príncipe (African Islands), 2015
– HongKong, Macau, China & Vietnam, 2017  

Publications:

– “5:30” – India (collective book with MEF, Lisbon, 2015)
– “Cadernos do Oriente” – HongKong, Macau, China & Vietnam (collective book with MEF, Lisbon, 2017)
– “Octagon” – (collective Magazin with Anzenberger Gallery, Exhibition and Book, Viena, 2018)


Exhibitions:

– Collective exhibition “NOW!” in Haus der Fotografie, Vienna, 2016
– Invited to the Frontpage of VASA-Project, online exhibition, 2017
– Collective exhibition “SÜD OST ORT WEST” in Kösk, Munich, 2017
– Collective exhibition “Ungleichheit” in Kösk, Munich, 2018
– Collective exhibition “Octagon” in Azenberger Gallery, Exhibition and Book, Vienna, 2018
– Selected work “Velut Aegrum” to be exhibited in “Arles the time of an immersion”, Maison des Peintres, Arles, 2018
– Collective exhibition in die Färberei, Munich, 2018
– Collective exhibition “Behinderung ist Rebelion” in Kösk, Munich, 2019
– Collective exhibition, 3 Projekte in DIA Galerie, Munich, 2019

Workshops:

– Jordi Burch, at Pickpocket Gallery, Lisbon, 2015
– Nelson d’Ayres, Lisbon, 2015
– Richard Kalvar, Paris at Magnum, 2016
– Nikos Economopoulos, Peloponneso Greece, 2016 (Magnum Photographer)
– Irina Popova, Istanbul, 2017
– Paulo Nozolino, Arles, 2017
– Kristin Dittrich, Paris Photo, 2017  
– Corinne Noordenbos, Storytelling in Documentary Photography, Vienna, 2018
– Martin Kollár, Selecting and Sequencing for a Book or Exhibition, Vienna, 2018
– Antoine d’Agata, Le journal intime: aux limites de l’acte photographique, Arles, 2018
– Mathieu Asselin, Idea into Action, Long-term Project first steps, Fotodoks, Munich, 2019

Participating/Leading:

– Nokia-Siemens Photography Group, Founder, Lisbon, 2015
– Munich Photographers Meetups, (500 members, 50 active) – photo reviews, presentation “How to Photograph people”, Munich, 2016-2017