Biography

I work with documentary photography, portraiture, and printmaking. I am also a researcher.

In my practice, I am interested in foregrounding the conditions in which photographs of others are made, and their agency in the voicing of their representations. This relates to storytelling and to the nature of testimony. I am also particularly interested in shared narratives and ethnographic approaches.

I have developed projects across Portugal, Brazil, and Ukraine, where I have worked regularly since 2010. In the aftermath of the Maidan revolution in 2014, I engaged with diverse testimonies and stories for “Beyond the Square”. These were exhibited the following year as part of the visual programme of the CANactions “Urban Studies” festival in Kyiv.

Printing is another important part of my activities. I am responsible for two digigraphie certified printing labs, in Lisbon since 2008 and more recently in Kyiv from 2015.

I am currently a PhD research student at the London College of Communication. My research interests are on the ethics of the documentary encounter between practitioner and participants, and my methodological framework is informed by the field of anthropology.

I am based between Lisbon and Kyiv, often also in London.

  • PhD research student (ongoing)
    London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

    MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
    London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

    Master’s degree in Design and Visual Culture – Specialization in Photography Studies
    Escola Superior de Design, IADE Lisbon

  • “Unfolding Narratives 2” (collective)
    London College of Communication, London, March – May 2021

    “Beyond the square” in CANactions International Architectural Festival 2015 “Urban Studies”
    Art Cluster Vydubychi, Kyiv, May 2015

    “Beyond the square” in “Continuum” (collective),
    London College of Communication, London, May 2015

    “Staging and Revelation II” (collective)
    Gallery AFK, Lisbon, March – April 2014

    “Staging and Revelation” (collective)
    Gallery AFK, Lisbon, July – September 2013

    “Contemporary photography” (collective)
    Gallery AFK, Lisbon, October 2012

    XI Vila Franca de Xira Photography Biennial 2010

    XVII Sintra Annual Plastic Artists Meeting 2010

    II Sintra Photography Biennial 2009

  • I regularly teach courses and workshops in collaboration with various organisations and institutions. These have included, among others, the

    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Modern Art Centre (digital printing for the in-house technical staff),

    Epson Portugal (photography workflow for the in-house technical staff),

    Canon Portugal (several workshops in the context of their EOS training programme),

    Portuguese Air Force (photography for the audio-visual centre’s staff),

    Sony Portugal (numerous workshops and presentations, including a series of thematic seminars on documentary and portrait photography),

    CENJOR journalism school, Lisbon (photography unit in the journalism and multimedia production programmes),

    CANactions School for Urban Studies (storytelling and ethics in the seminar programme), and the

    London College of Communication (ethics of documentary for the MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography).