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Carlos Barradas
Artist from Portugal
Photographer with a PhD in anthropology, I have been producing photographic and textual essays on issues such as territory, colonialism and post-colonialism, disability, new masculinities and sustainability. Considered by GUP Magazine as one of the 100 European photography talents (2020). My work, described as magic documentalism, has already been exhibited in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. I exhibited collectively at the Rencontres d'Arles 2019 & 2023 (promoted by the British Journal of Photography and Der Greif) and at the International Center of Photography, in New York. Winner of the “Cities in the City” initiative at PhotoEspaña and the Porto Photography Biennial '21 and recently guest artist in residence at Encontros da Imagem 2023 edition. Co-creator and co-editor of the online contemporary photography magazine SOPA and editor of the photography platform Lenscratch , based in Los Angeles.
Part of my artistic practice is developed around personal work, but also the development of free workshops for the communities I work with, always resulting in fanzines, collective exhibitions or other types of artistic products, as has happened in my work in Campanhã , in Porto, São Tomé and Príncipe or Namibia. I believe that through these joint initiatives and community participation, the visual production and local cultural mapping will be richer the greater their engagement.

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Carlos Barradas
Artist from Portugal
Photographer with a PhD in anthropology, I have been producing photographic and textual essays on issues such as territory, colonialism and post-colonialism, disability, new masculinities and sustainability. Considered by GUP Magazine as one of the 100 European photography talents (2020). My work, described as magic documentalism, has already been exhibited in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. I exhibited collectively at the Rencontres d'Arles 2019 & 2023 (promoted by the British Journal of Photography and Der Greif) and at the International Center of Photography, in New York. Winner of the “Cities in the City” initiative at PhotoEspaña and the Porto Photography Biennial '21 and recently guest artist in residence at Encontros da Imagem 2023 edition. Co-creator and co-editor of the online contemporary photography magazine SOPA and editor of the photography platform Lenscratch , based in Los Angeles.
Part of my artistic practice is developed around personal work, but also the development of free workshops for the communities I work with, always resulting in fanzines, collective exhibitions or other types of artistic products, as has happened in my work in Campanhã , in Porto, São Tomé and Príncipe or Namibia. I believe that through these joint initiatives and community participation, the visual production and local cultural mapping will be richer the greater their engagement.

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Ferry Tales
Photography by Carlos Barradas
40 x 60 cm • Barita, Fine art paper
Location:
Porto, Portugal
‘Ferry Tales’ brings us into a world of solitude and immensity, where fleeting moments meet eternal ones. The project focuses on the ferryboat as a space in permanent transition, a microcosm of life itself. Through this metaphorical journey, Carlos Barradas captures the transient experiences of ferry crossings, turning the trivial into something exceptional. Inspired by Michel Foucault’s words, the ferryboat becomes a heterotopia—both a place of liberation and confinement, floating between worlds. It is a space where the usual societal rules blur, encouraging discovery and imagination over control and surveillance. This work invites viewers to reflect on broader themes of existence, emotion, and the liminal spaces we all traverse in life.
Location:
Porto, Portugal
About the artist
Carlos Barradas
Artist from Portugal
Photographer with a PhD in anthropology, I have been producing photographic and textual essays on issues such as territory, colonialism and post-colonialism, disability, new masculinities and sustainability. Considered by GUP Magazine as one of the 100 European photography talents (2020). My work, described as magic documentalism, has already been exhibited in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. I exhibited collectively at the Rencontres d'Arles 2019 & 2023 (promoted by the British Journal of Photography and Der Greif) and at the International Center of Photography, in New York. Winner of the “Cities in the City” initiative at PhotoEspaña and the Porto Photography Biennial '21 and recently guest artist in residence at Encontros da Imagem 2023 edition. Co-creator and co-editor of the online contemporary photography magazine SOPA and editor of the photography platform Lenscratch , based in Los Angeles.
Part of my artistic practice is developed around personal work, but also the development of free workshops for the communities I work with, always resulting in fanzines, collective exhibitions or other types of artistic products, as has happened in my work in Campanhã , in Porto, São Tomé and Príncipe or Namibia. I believe that through these joint initiatives and community participation, the visual production and local cultural mapping will be richer the greater their engagement.

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