Paulo Cunha
Paulo's portrait
biography
Born in 1966 he lives in Leiria, a city in the center of the portuguese coast. Photojournalist since 1988 at the daily local newspaper “Diário de Leiria”.
Paulo also works with national daily newspaper “Jornal de Noticias”, daily sports “Record” and he’s a stringer with “Lusa”, the portuguese news agency. Apart from spot news he dedicates his time to feature stories.
Paulo has three published books: two of them about Leiria’s football team and one about the ancient way of producing a liquor from ginger fruit . “O Elogio da Ginga” was made together with promising writer Paulo Moreiras and was distinguished by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2006, with “Best Single Subject Cookbook” and “Best Cookbook Photography” in Portugal.
Currently he attends to Photography degree at Escola Superior Tecnologia de Tomar / Instituto Politécnico de Tomar.
Leiria, portugal
Paulo's features
Traditions – Caretos Carnival
The Caretos are part of a very old Portuguese tradition, and the best known are the Podence and Ousilhão (Tras-os-Montes), but also there are other areas, such as Lazarim, in Beira Alta
Travel – Convent of Tomar
The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar
Paulo Cunha in “National Geographic”
One photo of brazilian surfer Carlos Burle riding a giant wave at Nazaré, Portugal, was featured in National Geographic’s adventure blog “Beyond the edge”. Check the giant waves set of pictures
Nazaré Big Waves
Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle surfs the tallest wave of the day at North Beach during a giant swell that hit the Portuguese coast today at Nazare,
The Alchemy of Black Stones
In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century
José Saramago, Nobel Prize Winner
Portuguese Nobel writer Jose Saramago during a homage from saramago’s home village Azinhaga (Golegã), Portugal. See all the images in the library
Erotic Pottery
Ceramic phallus created by in the atelier at Chao da Parada, in Caldas da Rainha city
Berlengas Island, Biosphere Reserve
Berlenga island, is a marine reserve and classified by the Council of Europe as a “Biosphere Reserve”
