1970   Born in Porto, Portugal
1991- 1993   Porto Technical School of Photography
1994- 1995   2nd year on the Higher Photography Course at the École des Arts et Métiers de L’Image 21- Paris
2001- 2002   History of Modern and Contemporary Art Course, promoted by the Serralves Foundation, Porto
2005   Advanced course on Cinematographic Photography, at the International School of Cinema, San Antonio de Los Baños, La Habana

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010   Uncanny Places, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai
           Uncanny Places, Convento de S. Francisco, Montemor-o-novo, Portugal
           Daily Pilgrims, Museu da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
2009   Daily Pilgrims,10 th Photography Festival, Aleppo, Syria
2008   Daily Pilgrims, Portuguese Centre of Photography, Porto, Portugal
           Daily Pilgrims, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland
2007   We and the Others, 19th International Photography Meeting, Thesssaloniki, Grece
2006   We and the Others, Pip Festival, China
2005   We and the Others, Portuguese Centre of Photography, Porto, Portugal
           Liminal Village, Imagolucis Gallery, Porto, Portugal

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010   Uncanny Places, The Empty Quarter Fine Art Photography Gallery, Dubai, UAE
           Hahnemuhle Anniversary Collection Tour: Sydney, Beijing, Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, Istanbul and Tokyo
2009   Anthology, The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
           Second Cities Photo Project, Graz, Austria
2007   Babylon BAC Festival, CCCB - Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Spain
           Reality Crossings 2. Foto Festivals Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Germany
           Second Cities, Kosice, Slovakia
           Photosensitive Space, Lodz Art Center, Poland
2006   Photography in the Douro: Archaeology and Modernity, Royal Art College, London, UK
           Photography in the Douro: Archaeology and Modernity, Berlaymont 
           Building-headquarters of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
           The Restless Look, National Photography Collection, Casa de las Américas, Madrid, Spain
           General Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, UK
2005   We and the Others, slide show, Fnac European Award at the Rencontres d`Arles, France
           Interfaces at the Institute for Cultural Policy, Hamburg, Germany
           The Code and the Margin, Círculo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, Spain
           The Restless Look, National Photography Collection, Faro National Museum, Portugal

AWARDS

2009   Nominated for Hanhnemuhle Anniversary Photo Award, Germany
           Honorable Mention  London International Creative Competition, UK
           Nominated for Photography Masters Cup, USA
           Finalist, KL Photo Awards, Malásia
2008   Semi-finalist, Hasselblad Masters, USA
           Honorable Mention, Hey, Hot Shots, Jek Backman Gallery, New York, USA
2007   Semi-finalist, The Foundation HSBC pour la Photographie, Paris, France 
2006   Winner of the FNAC New Talent Award, Portugal

PUBLICATIONS

2009   Portuguese art from prehistory to the 20th century: photography in Portugal, Vol.17
2008   Daily Pilgrims, Monograph self-published
           European Photography Magazine, Nr: 82, Germany
           Katalog, Museet for Fotokunst Brandts, Denmark
           Made in China, Photofestival Lodz, published by Fundacja Edukacji wizualnej, Poland
2007   Babylon, BAC Festival, published by CCCB, Spain
           Time, published by Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
           Second Cities, published by City Kosice, Slovakia
           Photosensitive Space, published by Fundacja Edukacji wizualnej, Lodz, Poland
           Photographic Feeling Metaphors, published by Portuguese Centre of Photography
2006   Photography in the Douro: Archaeology and Modernity, published by Douro Museum
2005   We and the Others, Monograph published by Portuguese Centre of Photography
2004   Rainbow, Monograph, Portuguese Contemporary Art, published by Mimesis

COLLECTIONS

Hahnemuhle Anniversary Collection, Germany
Southeast Museum of Photography, USA
National Photography Collection – Portuguese Centre of Photography, Portugal
Pip Festival, China
Lodz Art Center, Poland
FotoFestivals Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Germany
Kosice Interface 2013 European Capital of Culture, Slovakia 
State University of Coimbra; Portugal
Encontros da Imagem, Portugal
Júlio Resende Foundation, Portugal
Coruche Museum, Portugal
Porto City Council Photographic Archive, Portugal