Welcome friend, i am SEBASTIÃO,
the one behind the lens.

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Photography was around me long before it became my work.

My father was the photographer in his group of friends. He was the one documenting holidays, trips, dinners and weddings. One day, he lent me a camera he had at home. Not long after, I had somehow taken on the same role with my own friends.

I became the person who always had a camera with him. On trips, at dinners, walking through a city, or simply when everyone else had stopped paying attention. At some point, it stopped feeling accidental. Photography had become part of the way I experienced things.

Street photography has probably shaped the way I photograph more than anything else. It taught me to look before shooting, to notice how people relate to each other and to the space around them, and to pay attention to the small gestures, strange coincidences and moments happening away from the obvious centre of attention.

I bring all of that into weddings.

A wedding, however, asks for more than observation. Sometimes the photograph is already happening and I simply need to recognise it. Sometimes I need to anticipate it. Sometimes I need to step in, move someone, suggest something, or create the conditions for the photograph to exist.

I like that balance. Knowing when to wait, when to move, and when to take control.

Outside weddings, I still photograph streets, travel and people. I shoot film alongside digital, collect more cameras than I probably need, and rarely go anywhere interesting without one.



I’m based in Lisbon and photograph weddings throughout Portugal and abroad.