Carlos Barradas

Photographer with a PhD in anthropology, I have been producing photographic and textual essays on issues such as territory, colonialism and post-colonialism, disability, new masculinities and sustainability. Considered by GUP Magazine as one of the 100 European photography talents (2020). My work, described as magic documentalism, has already been exhibited in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. I exhibited collectively at the Rencontres d'Arles 2019 & 2023 (promoted by the British Journal of Photography and Der Greif) and at the International Center of Photography, in New York. Winner of the “Cities in the City” initiative at PhotoEspaña and the Porto Photography Biennial '21 and recently guest artist in residence at Encontros da Imagem 2023 edition. Co-creator and co-editor of the online contemporary photography magazine SOPA and editor of the photography platform Lenscratch , based in Los Angeles. Part of my artistic practice is developed around personal work, but also the development of free workshops for the communities I work with, always resulting in fanzines, collective exhibitions or other types of artistic products, as has happened in my work in Campanhã , in Porto, São Tomé and Príncipe or Namibia. I believe that through these joint initiatives and community participation, the visual production and local cultural mapping will be richer the greater their engagement.