Portuguese photographers – AlternativePhotography.com

Pedro Mendes Leal

Pedro Mendes Leal, a photographer and artist from Western Europe, explores the limits of representation, questioning humanity’s relationship with nature, society, and art. His work draws from the sea, sun, and memory. From: Lisbon, Portugal. Shows: A vertotype and cyanotypes. Pedro Mendes Leal (Lisbon, 1966) is a visual artist whose artistic practice lies somewhere between process and representation, exploring the relationships between nature, human beings and memory. He is passionate … Read more

Renato Ferreira

Renato Ferreira (Renato Ferrara) is a Portuguese-American retired CPA, born in Coimbra, located in the central part of Portugal. From: Coimbra, Portugal. Shows: Bromoils, Cyanotypes, Silver gelatins, Oleobroms, and Vandykes. Renato Ferreira’s first experience with photography was around five or six years of age with his father’s camera and later tailing him into his darkroom where he learned the arts of the darkroom and the historic processes. His father, an … Read more

Paula Brasil

Paula Brasil’s writing with light are often observations from her travels. She works in Cyanotypes, Photogravures and Vandykes. From: Portugal. Shows: Cyanotypes, Photogravures and Vandykes. Paula Brasil is a Portuguese teacher born in Terceira, a Portuguese island that belongs to the archipelago Azores. She has a passion for “writing with light”. Paula’s interest in photography began with her father giving her his old camera. When Paula was 17 she assisted … Read more