CABO VERDE
NUNO DE PINA
@nuno.depina
"Nuno de Pina is a visual artist born and resident in Cape Verde. He studied Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2004. He made his first exhibition "Amoramar" in 2011. In the same year, together with other national artists, he exhibited internationally at the Cineport Film Festival, in the city of João Pessoa, Brazil.
In 2013, he participated in the "Temporary Occupations" Project with the documentary film "Terra Longe", joint work with Nenass Almeida.
In 2015 he was one of the finalists in the 1st edition of the BCA Photography Prize, a joint initiative of Banco Comercial do Atlântico (BCA) and Associação Olho-de-Gente (AOJE)
In 2019, he participates in the Catchupa Factory - New Photographers artistic residency, resulting in a collective exhibition curated by John Fleetwood.
He is especially interested in signs of degradation and the passage of time found in objects and spaces where he passes. It seeks to capture overlays and contrasts of architectural elements with the natural landscape.
He is also interested in the use of technology to superimpose and combine different images and create new compositions."
DIOGO BENTO
@_dgobnto
Diogo Bento (b. 1984) lives and works between Lisbon, Portugal and São Vicente, Cabo Verde.
He studied Photography at Ar.Co, in Lisbon, and completed postgraduate studies in Photography and Contemporary Art. His artistic practice is informed by an understanding of the landscape as a space of cultural embodiment, a place where natural, physical and symbolic dimensions interact and collide. He has been involved in several artistic and educational projects as a photographer, trainer, curator and founding member of AOJE, an organization dedicated to photography.
JOSÉ CORREIA
@jos_correia
José Correia, photographer and designer. He studied communication sciences, where his taste for photography began to take shape, which he consolidated with the participation of Catchupa Factory-Novos Fotógrafos, in 2018. He is interested in photographing the streets and nature. In his work, he likes to capture the daily lives of his people, as well as his home city, Praia. He believes that imbalance there is always beauty to be found.
QUEILA FERNANDES
@queila_fernandes_
I am Queila Fernandes a Capeverdean freelancer photographer who currently live in Cape Verde.
Since I was 20 years old, I have taken photographs everyday moments in my life expressing what I see and feel.
