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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

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.

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

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

AVEIRO, PORTUGAL - 17 September 2024. Another day of indomitable fires in Portugal: several deaths, uncounted injuries and a trail of destruction.

Photographed for The New York Times, this story explores the artisans, restorers, and everyday citizens working to protect Portugal’s iconic azulejos from theft and decay.

In 2023, I cycled from Cape Town to Nairobi on an electric bicycle — over 6,000 kilometers through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Alone, with a camera and a mission: to document a continent in motion.

Founded in 1732, Bertrand is the world’s oldest operating bookstore — a quiet landmark in the heart of Lisbon’s Chiado district.

From the early morning fishing off the coasts of Póvoa de Varzim, Matosinhos, and Aveiro, to the bustling factory lines (many staffed entirely by women), and the vibrant celebrations of São João, São Pedro, and the Romaria of Santa Luzia — this work captures the rhythm of a tradition that feeds both body and culture.

Assignment for The Wall Street Journal in Lisbon, October 2021, documenting Portugal’s transition to endemic Covid-19: daily life downtown and vaccine checks at Estádio da Luz.

In this project, I had the privilege of guiding a group of children through the art of photography, empowering them to document their neighborhood — its people, stories, and challenges — through their own eyes.

The Azor Hotel in Ponta Delgada is hosting my exhibition “O olhar do Mundo”, featuring a selection of photographs from over a decade of my documentary work across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Holi is more than a festival of color — it’s a moment of collective joy, spiritual energy, and ritual freedom. Nowhere is this felt more deeply than in Vrindavan and Mathura, two sacred cities in India intimately connected to the life of Lord Krishna. This photo series captures the intensity of Holi in its most iconic setting. Clouds of color, spontaneous dances, and overflowing crowds turn the streets into sacred stages of emotion and chaos.

A collection of concert and festival photos I’ve taken over the years.From international artists like Blur, Nick Cave, Bush, 30 Seconds to Mars, Billy Idol, Wolfmother, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, The XX — and many more.

Every summer, local youth gather on the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge in Porto to leap fearlessly into the Douro River below.

Fado — the haunting, melancholic music that echoes through the narrow streets of Lisbon. From the skilled hands that build the Portuguese guitar to the dimly lit taverns of Alfama and Bairro Alto where voices rise with saudade, this work captures both the craft and the emotion behind Portugal’s most iconic sound.