Joel Santos Photographer Portugal

Joel Santos is a photographer who was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He holds an honors degree in Economics and a master‘s degree in Economics and
Management of Science and Technology. Despite his academic background, he has dedicated the last decade to his greatest passion: photography.

His photographs and writings are frequently published by photography, travel and corporate magazines all over the world, having featured more than thirty covers and hundreds of articles. His work has also been shown in several individual and collective exhibitions, namely in Portugal, Poland and East Timor. His photographic work and published books are frequently featured on the main portuguese TV channels, namely RTP, SIC and TVI, where he has given roughly ten interviews during the past years.

He is the author of five books, namely the best-seller “FOTOgrafia: Luz, Exposição, Composição, Equipamento” (Photography: Light, Exposure, Composition, Equipment) and also the acclaimed “INDIA – The Color of Contrast” (coffee table book), “FOTOpad” (field guide) and “FOTOedição” (post-processing with Lightroom and ACR).

From 2007 until 2010 he was the Editor in Chief of “O Mundo da Fotografia Digital”, the portuguese best-selling photo magazine. He is a part of Canon Professional Network under Canon’s Ambassador Programme as a Canon Explorer.

He has won several national and international photography awards for his work, including the First Prize (2006) and Honorable Mention (2007) in the Nature of Prémio Fotojornalismo Visão/BES (World Press Photo standards and jury), and Wild Places (Nature/Color, 2007), FIAP Silver Medal (Nature/Color, 2009) and Best Portuguese (Nature/Color, 2009) in the Algarve Photo Salon (sponsored by The International Federation of photographic Art – FIAP – and the Photographic Society of America – PSA).

Joel Santos, economista e apaixonado fotógrafo profissional; Autor dos livros best-seller ‘FOTOgrafia'; ‘FOTOcomposição’, ‘FOTOpad’, ‘FOTOedição’, ‘FOTOhdr’ e 'ÍNDIA - A Cor do Contraste' (todos pela editora Centro Atlântico); Director da revista 'O Mundo da Fotografia Digital' entre 2007 e 2010; Nomeado ‘Canon Explorer’ (Europa, África e Médio Oriente) ao abrigo do Canon Ambassador Programme; Cronista regular da revista Visão e autor de mais de uma centena de artigos em diversas revistas; Fez capa de uma National Geographic Traveller; Distinguido com inúmeros prémios nacionais e internacionais de fotografia, nomeadamente o VISÃO/BES e o Travel Photographer of The Year; Os seus trabalhos são usados em todo mundo, sendo representados pela Corbis, Getty Images e Aurora Photos, com clientes como Microsoft, ABC Studios, IKEA, entre outras marcas globais; Realizou mais de 10 exposições individuais nacional e internacionalmente; Formador de fotografia e Guia de viagens fotográficas por todo o mundo; Docente na Universidade de Economia em Timor-Leste entre 2004 e 2006;

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