Biography

PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAINING

Photographic Initiation Course, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
Laboratory Techniques Course, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
Macro Photography and Laboratory Courses, taught by the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art

PERFORMED FUNCTIONS

1988, Member of the Board of APAF - Portuguese Association of Photographic Art
2004, Co-founder of Clube Vi-Ver da Ramada with António Simões de Melo and Fernando Nobre

PARTICIPATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS

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
1986, Third Prize and an Honorable Mention, awarded by the Barreiro City Council in the First Photographic Art Salon of Barreiro
1986, Honorable Mention, awarded by Ateneu Popular do Montijo, at Expo Foto 86 in Montijo

PARTICIPATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

1986, Collective Exhibition at the Alcoitão Rehabilitation Medicine Center
1986, International Exhibition of Photographic Art at Festa do Avante
1986 and 1987, Exhibitions at Expo Foto 86 and Expo Foto 87 in Montijo, Moita and Barreiro
1987, Exhibition at the Palácio das Galveias in Lisbon
1987, First National Photography Exhibition in Arcozelo (Vila Nova de Gaia)
1988, “Landscapes” Exhibition at the Cultural Industries Fair
2000, Exhibition at the Parish Council of Corroios
2005, Exhibition “Creoula”, at Gest'arte, Art Gallery, by Nancy Contreiras and Alexandre Costa
2011, Exhibition “Tango”, by Marlene Pohle (Cartonist) and Alexandre Costa, at the Centro Cultural de Alcochete
2013, “Looking Through the World”, Casino de Lisboa, by João Vicente, António Herrarte, Álvaro Barcelos and Alexandre Costa
2019, (the aforementioned exhibition), at the Angra do Heroísmo Cultural and Congress Center, Azores

EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

1987, Collective Exhibition of the International Federation of Photographic Art, Belgium
2008, Exhibition “Tango”, by Marlene Pohle (Cartonist) and Alexandre Costa, in Istanbul and Buenos Aires

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

1987, Exhibition at the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art, with the theme “brinc (o) adeiras”
1987, Exhibition on the theme “Looking at the Azores”
2002, Exhibition “Navegando e ...”, at the Municipal Gallery of Alcochete
2002, Exhibition “Oficinas, Alcochete, Alcatejo ...”, in the Town Hall in Alcochete
2004, Exhibition at the Lisbon Oceanarium / National Geographic, “Journey for the observation of cetaceans in the Azores sea on the ship Creoula
2004, Odivelas Parque, (the aforementioned Exhibition)
2006, “Three Peoples, Three Countries, Three Continents” Exhibition, City Hall in Alcochete Town Hall
2008, Exhibition at the GEST'Arte Gallery, “Um Olhar ... six vivees”
2009, Exhibition “Libya, the Civilizations that the Sahara holds”, Casino de Lisboa
Exhibition “As Mulheres”, at the Municipal Library of Alcochete

PUBLICATIONS

1987, Photography at Photography Magazine,
2002, Photography at Revista Municipal de Alcochete
2003, Photo in Revista da Armada, November
2005, Photography in the Portuguese and Brazilian Management Magazine, INDEG
2008, Photographic Portfolio of Timor, Revista Médicos do Mundo
2009, Author of the book “Libya, The Civilizations that the Sahara holds”, Editora Âncora, October
2009, Exhibition “Libya, the Civilizations that the Sahara holds,“ Casino de Lisboa
2012, Photographs in the book “Piasheb - Guinea Bissau”, Médicos do Mundo, Fabrice Demoulin and Alexandre Costa
2012, Book “Looking through the World”, Editora Âncora, João Vicente, Álvaro Barcelos, António Herrarte and Alexandre Costa
2013, Photographs in the book “100 works from the INDEG / IUL collection, ISCTE Executive Education”