He studied Multimedia Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, majoring in Photography. During those years, his greatest passion was analogue photography. He spent countless hours in the darkroom testing, experimenting, and learning through trial and error. He worked with every film stock he could find, explored numerous development methods, and experimented with alternative techniques, always fascinated by how small choices could completely transform the final image.
After completing his studies, he stepped away from photography entirely. What began as a pause eventually became more than ten years completely disconnected from the medium. When he eventually picked up a camera again, he rediscovered not only photography, but also an essential part of himself. This time, however, he returned to it through colour. Photography became his escape, his therapy, and his way of observing life at a slower and more meaningful pace.
He is drawn to everyday moments, urban landscapes, natural light, colour, and the quiet details that often go unnoticed. Each image is a fragment of time — part of an ongoing visual diary built around simplicity, emotion, memory, and imperfection. Almost unintentionally, sharing his work online brought together a large community of people who began following and connecting with his photography. What started simply as a personal space for sharing images gradually became something much bigger than he had ever expected.
However, his intention has always been to return to what first made him fall in love with photography: the physical image. He wants to take photography away from the screen, print it, hold it, and give it a tangible existence. His early years in the darkroom created a lasting connection with the physical side of the medium. For him, an image is never truly complete until it exists on paper. Its texture, weight, surface, and the way it interprets colour are all essential parts of the final artwork.
He is now taking the next step in this journey by opening his own photography print shop and creating a monthly photography mail club, allowing his work to leave the digital world and reach people as a carefully produced physical object. After more than a decade away from photography, Nuno now feels more connected to it than ever — not only as a way of creating images, but as a way of transforming fleeting moments into lasting, tangible memories.
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