ABOUT ME

Hello,

My name is Sérgio Belo, I'm 32 years old, I was born in Lisbon and currently live in Loures, Portugal.

I started in photography when I was a teenager, with my 14/15 years old I used to photograph with a disposable camera and I liked the feeling of photographing, of taking a simple camera and having the power of freezing a moment, of keeping a memory, something hard to explain, for me.

At 16 I entered the Visual Arts course and that was where I explored my creativity, where I had the possibility to know and learn the history of great works and artists. It is these influences that make up a little of my photographic style today.

I love photojournalism and documentary photography, and maybe that's why I try to bring a bit of that way of photographing to many of the works I've been doing. Photographs have to speak, they have to convey a message, and for that reason I have always been fascinated by photographing people, unique moments, making a simple photograph, a creative photograph in the way it communicates, sincere and full of unique sensations. Photography has to speak, to tell a story! This is one of the great goals in all the work I do, besides keeping memories.

Despite all this passion I feel for photography, it was only in 2017 that I had the courage to launch myself into my first professional photographic work.

Today I look back, and say that it was worth it to have had the courage and daring to try. I made mistakes, learned and continue learning in every job I do!