Ana Brígida
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biography
Ana was born in 1986 and she is a Portuguese photographer and multimedia producer. After an Arts Education, Ana followed Photography studies to fulfill her passion by telling stories through a visual concept. In her internship at “Jornal de Negócios”, Ana covered news features as a photojournalist. Following these experiences, she worked as a freelancer for different newspapers and magazines. During her travels around Europe, U.S.A, Mexico and other countries, Ana developed documentary projects, which provided her with the willing to face international challenges. In 2009 Ana moved to China to do an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the Dalian Institute of Image Art/ University of Bolton, where she developed long term projects and her multimedia skills with Brian Storm and “The Guardian” photographer Dan Chung, among others. In 2010 Ana went back to China to take part of the Changsha Photo festival where she worked directly in the organization of Stern Magazine exhibition and Pablo Bartoholomew. Currently Ana work’s in Lisbon as a freelance photographer.
lisbon, portugal
Ana's Features

Ana Brígida published in “Serengo Magazine”
Photographer Ana Brigída recently published in Serengo Magazine in an article on the lives of French

Ana Brígida in “Helsingin Sanomat”
Photographer Ana Brígida worked on assignment for finish leading newspaper “Helsingin Sanomat”, shooting a story on Lisbon’s historic center lack of people living in it.

Bloomberg’s Legacy – Public housing in New York city
This project documents a startling juxtaposition: the dignified daily lives of the residents of this city and the crumbling walls and ceilings of their apartments.

Siege of The Portuguese Parliament
A few thousand demonstrators surround the Portuguese Assembly in protest , on the day the state Subject for 2013 it was delivered in the Assembly, that provides draconian austerity measures for next year. The level of taxes that Portugal will be the subjected in 2013, will be the largest of known history, over a population […]

Screw The Troika Demonstration
Screw the Troika Demonstration

Martim Moniz – A Multicultural neighborhood in The Heart of Lisbon
Martim Moniz is a Lisbon neighborhood characterized by a multicultural environment where different communities from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin-american, share their lives.

Unlocking Laos
North Laos enjoys abundant natural resources. It has advantageous geographic location and the conditions needed for developing industries.

North Korea Border
North Korea is one of the world’s last closed societies, a communist state that aspires nuclear power and where the people are not free to get in or out.

Ninja Gold miners
Project about illegal gold mining in Mongolia where people from different backgrounds spend their summer and late summer trying to find minerals to get extra money for their lives.

Leprosy in Portugal
Leprosy is an ancient disease and its expansion is due to conquests, crusades and colonization of different continents and countries.

Unexploded Bombs in Lao
Lao remains the most heavily bombed nation in the history of warfare. During the Vietnam War, the US army dropped thousand of bombs in Lao.

Privatization of Portuguese Electric Company by Chinese investors
The president of China Three Gorges electric company, Cao Guangjing; the chairman of the board of Parpública, Joaquim Reis, and António Mexia.

General Strike Day
Empty trainstation in Santa Apolonia, Lisbon, during the general strike against the new austerity measures created by the government. November 24th, 2011

Ana Brígida published in “Le Monde”
4See photographer Ana Brígida published in prestigious ” Le Monde”, in an article regarding the social changes occurring in Portugal, due to the subjection of severe austerity measures.