ABOUT INÊS

Oeiras, 1984. Graduated in Applied Psychology, Clinical area and later specializing in Human Resources Management. After thirteen years working as a HR professional, she left the office setting behind to dedicate herself exclusively to photography, having sought to continually invest in her training.

Works on social and psychological issues through photography and film. She is interested in understanding how these mediums - never isolated from the social, economic and cultural context in which the work is made - can be a tool for connecting and understanding people and social relationships, and whether it can have a place of voice in political issues. Themes such as identity, gender and gender identity have been addressed in projects such as ATLETA, QUEENS and Disse Fêmea.​

Her work has already been exhibited in Maus Hábitos, Porto (2023) and XXIII Cerveira International Art Biennale (2024).

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Has received support from the DGARTES Project Support Program - Visual Arts 2023 to produce her first photography book KINGS & QUEENS.

Has directed a short documentary in Guinea-Bissau called CONTRA A MARÉ (2024).

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Has attended the Master in Artistic Photography at IPCI (Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem), the Masterclass Narrativa 2022/2023 and is now enrolled in the Master’s degree in Anthropology, specializing in Visual Cultures (2024/2026), at the School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon.