About
A bit
about me
I was born in Rio de Janeiro, but my heart belongs to many places. I’ve always felt like a citizen of the world, drawn to the stories unfolding in every corner, to the magic found in the ordinary and the extraordinary alike.
I still have a mild obsession with modern classic cars. They remind me of a time brimming with excitement and creativity—an obsession I’ve learned to keep in check... most of the time.
In 1989, I left home to study in Tennessee, USA, and few years later, I found myself in Miami, city that became my home away from home. With a true Latin rhythm and a symphony of accents, Miami infused my life with a unique energy. It was there that I nurtured my creativity, shaping my vision and identity for more than a decade.
Some say, "I have to see to believe."
I say, "Believe it, and you will see."
Today, I live in Portugal, a country I first visited in 1989 with my parents, which has since embraced me as I have embraced it. Country that captured my heart, and with each passing year, our love story deepens.
"The true essence of being a photographer is simply ‘be’ in the right place at the right time, with your camera ready to capture the moment unfolding before you."
As for the technical details, they come with time and experience. Photography is an adventure, where every click and every photo taken teaches you, much like life itself.
"It is possible to capture the soul of a person in a single image."
In that fleeting moment, the camera becomes a window to something deeper, something intangible, something profoundly human.
My passion for images, forms, and photography began in my childhood, observing every detail, every light and shadow, every shape as if the world was speaking to me through my eyes. During my college years, I took a photography course that awakened something profound in me, changing my life forever.
And so, the journey continues, each photograph a step forward, each image a reflection of the moments that have shaped me.
"Home, after all, is not just a physical space; it is where your heart feels most alive and connected."
Visual Art is everything that relates to the pleasure act of visualizing – “seeing” – , it merges physics with abstract, in which joy, appreciation, takes place.
Today, more than ever, the Visual Arts became extended to many forms and its importance and dimension have increased exponentialy.
Photography is just one among so many manifestations such as: painting, sculpture, drawing, architecture, handicraft, cinema, design, urban art, and many others.
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
– Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West.Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 12, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.
Adams was a key advisor in establishing the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an important landmark in securing photography’s institutional legitimacy. He helped to stage that department’s first photography exhibition, helped found the photography magazine Aperture, and co-founded the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams
