Born in Lisbon, at the age of 4 moves to Brazil with her parents and brothers. For several years she knows other countries, where she also lives, with more or less long stays, due to her father’s profession, who worked for FAO. Madagascar, Bolivia, Italy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya are, during some time, her home.
Back to Portugal, she decides to attend IADE course, and shortly after the AR.CO course, to dedicate and concentrate herself totally to photography
With a scholarship from the Portuguese Cultural Secretary of State, and the sponsorship of the Luso-American Foundation, she develops a work about the Portuguese community in New England, which gave origin to her first individual exhibition.
She worked for newspaper Expresso during 8 years, and decided to continue her projects as an independent photographer.
Individual projects are primarily focused on documentary photography, in constant pursuit of the preservation, through images, of the collective memory of the times we live in, and gave origin to 15 published books.
Art Director of “Icons”, exhibition by Steve McCurry at the Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon |
2022
Her work is part of various public and private collections, both in Portugal and abroad She was the Official Photographer for the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa from March 2016 to April 2024.