Biography
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAINING
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Photographic Initiation Course, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
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Laboratory Techniques Course, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
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Macro Photography and Laboratory Courses, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
PERFORMED FUNCTIONS
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1988, Member of the Board of APAF - Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
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2004, Co-founder of Clube Vi-Ver da Ramada with António Simões de Melo and Fernando Nobre
PARTICIPATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS
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1986, Second Prize (color theme), awarded by the Lisbon City Council, and First Prize, awarded by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art, of the First Photography Competition in the City of Lisbon, promoted by the Lisbon City Council
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1986, Third Prize and an Honorable Mention, awarded by the Barreiro City Council in the First Photographic Art Salon of Barreiro
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1986, Honorable Mention, awarded by Ateneu Popular do Montijo, at Expo Foto 86 in Montijo
PARTICIPATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
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1986, Collective Exhibition at the Alcoitão Rehabilitation Medicine Center
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1986, International Exhibition of Photographic Art at Festa do Avante
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1986 and 1987, Exhibitions at Expo Foto 86 and Expo Foto 87 in Montijo, Moita and Barreiro
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1987, Exhibition at the Palácio das Galveias in Lisbon
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1987, First National Photography Exhibition in Arcozelo (Vila Nova de Gaia)
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1988, “Landscapes” Exhibition at the Cultural Industries Fair
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2000, Exhibition at the Parish Council of Corroios
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2005, Exhibition “Creoula”, at Gest'arte, Art Gallery, by Nancy Contreiras and Alexandre Costa
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2011, Exhibition “Tango”, by Marlene Pohle (Cartonist) and Alexandre Costa, at the Centro Cultural de Alcochete
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2013, “Looking Through the World”, Casino de Lisboa, by João Vicente, António Herrarte, Álvaro Barcelos and Alexandre Costa
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2019, (the aforementioned exhibition), at the Angra do Heroísmo Cultural and Congress Center, Azores
EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
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1987, Collective Exhibition of the International Federation of Photographic Art, Belgium
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2008, Exhibition “Tango”, by Marlene Pohle (Cartonist) and Alexandre Costa, in Istanbul and Buenos Aires
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
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1987, Exhibition at the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art, with the theme “brinc (o) adeiras”
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1987, Exhibition on the theme “Looking at the Azores”
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2002, Exhibition “Navegando e ...”, at the Municipal Gallery of Alcochete
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2002, Exhibition “Oficinas, Alcochete, Alcatejo ...”, in the Town Hall in Alcochete
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2004, Exhibition at the Lisbon Oceanarium / National Geographic, “Journey for the observation of cetaceans in the Azores sea on the ship Creoula
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2004, Odivelas Parque, (the aforementioned Exhibition)
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2006, “Three Peoples, Three Countries, Three Continents” Exhibition, City Hall in Alcochete Town Hall
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2008, Exhibition at the GEST'Arte Gallery, “Um Olhar ... six vivees”
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2009, Exhibition “Libya, the Civilizations that the Sahara holds”, Casino de Lisboa
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Exhibition “As Mulheres”, at the Municipal Library of Alcochete
PUBLICATIONS
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1987, Photography at Photography Magazine,
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2002, Photography at Revista Municipal de Alcochete
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2003, Photo in Revista da Armada, November
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2005, Photography in the Portuguese and Brazilian Management Magazine, INDEG
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2008, Photographic Portfolio of Timor, Revista Médicos do Mundo
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2009, Author of the book “Libya, The Civilizations that the Sahara holds”, Editora Âncora, October
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2009, Exhibition “Libya, the Civilizations that the Sahara holds,“ Casino de Lisboa
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2012, Photographs in the book “Piasheb - Guinea Bissau”, Médicos do Mundo, Fabrice Demoulin and Alexandre Costa
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2012, Book “Looking through the World”, Editora Âncora, João Vicente, Álvaro Barcelos, António Herrarte and Alexandre Costa
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2013, Photographs in the book “100 works from the INDEG / IUL collection, ISCTE Executive Education”