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Official photography of BABELL 2026, the literary festival by Fundação Livraria Lello that turned Porto into a book city, photographed by Daniel Rodrigues.

https://framingexpedition.com/ I sat down with Rui Caria on his podcast Notas Fotográficas to talk about Framing Expedition, the project he and I run together. Rui and I have known each other a long time and worked side by side in the field, including in Ukraine, and that's really where this came from. You learn who someone is when you're both working under pressure. Framing Expedition started from something I kept running into after a couple of years of teaching. There's a g

These last few months were good ones. Workshops in Porto, Lisbon and Morocco, several one-to-ones here in Porto, the Fujifilm photowalks and talks at schools and universities. People who showed up to actually photograph, and that changes everything. What stays with me isn't the teaching so much as watching people move. Someone who arrived afraid to point a camera at a stranger, and by the last day was working a scene without thinking about it. That's the part I care about. Th

On 20 June I led a photowalk with Fujifilm Portugal at Air Invictus, the first international air show in Porto. We spent the day along the banks of the Douro, between the Arrábida bridge and the D. Luís I bridge, photographing the aircraft over the river and the people watching them go by. Air Invictus ran from 19 to 21 June across Porto, Gaia, Maia and Matosinhos, free to attend. The heart of it was on the river, where the Air Race circuit was set up with eight pilots flying

The Senhor de Matosinhos festival is one of the oldest religious festivals in northern Portugal, going back more than seven centuries, and it takes over the city every year between late May and mid June. Alongside the religious side, with the procession of the Bom Jesus de Matosinhos and the fireworks, there is the funfair, which fills the streets for weeks. The carousels and the bumper cars, the claw machines full of soft toys, the balloon seller sitting outside the library,

A short Leica M EV1 video with Rui Caria, filmed by Daniel Rodrigues across central Portugal after the 2025 wildfires and edited by Rui Caria. A quiet road film through burned villages and resilient communities, made for the Leica launch. See the Leica feature and Rui’s work inside.

Porto housing prices 2025 Bloomberg. I started before sunrise across several downtown areas, photographing construction sites and the city waking up. The story focuses on prices surging 18 percent in Portugal and what that means on the ground in Porto.

Last-minute Bloomberg assignment by Daniel Rodrigues at Sheraton Porto Hotel: quick portrait of Mozambique’s president, Daniel Chapo. Cabo Delgado LNG restart; timing with TotalEnergies.

Best Wedding Photos 2025 in Porto, Portugal | Documentary Wedding Photographer The 2025 season in Porto is closed. This concise edit brings together my documentary wedding photography in Porto, with natural light and an unobtrusive approach. Here are the photographs I liked most this year. Thank you to all the couples for trusting my work. Bookings for 2026 are open for Porto and across Portugal. Send date and venue to check availability and receive a tailored proposal. Weddi

Four day documentary photography workshops 2026 with Daniel Rodrigues in Europe, Morocco, New York and India for photographers who want strong narrative and serious practice.

I photographed and filmed at the Caramulo Museum and followed Salvador Patrício Gouveia for a Bloomberg story on Portugal’s Golden Visas and over 20 million euros raised.

Exclusive portraits of filmmaker Oliver Laxe, photographed in Galicia for Télérama. Captured ahead of his Cannes 2025 Jury Prize win with Sirāt.

Editorial portraits and interiors for The New York Times feature on Portugal Jewels at Lisbon’s Largo do Chiado — heritage, filigree and contemporary design.

This June, for several days, I followed the people of Bica. I joined them during rehearsals, behind-the-scenes preparations, the setup of the arraial, and all the small moments leading up to Lisbon's Popular Marches during the Santo António festivities. This work was produced for a project with Xiaomi, as part of the launch of the Xiaomi Ultra 15.

FÁTIMA, PORTUGAL, MAY 2017 Pope Francis’s visit to Fátima, Portugal — May 2017. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions, the Holy Father prayed alongside thousands of pilgrims at the Sanctuary of Fátima. These images are a tribute to that moment of faith, unity, and reflection — and to the life and legacy of Pope Francis (1936–2025). Credits: Daniel Rodrigues