Biography

Nelson d‘Aires, Vila do Conde, Portugal, 1975.
Lives and works in Oporto.
Formed in construction and technical works he leaves this business in 2005.
In 2006 established as a freelance photographer doing mostly works of authorship in the field of documentary photography and art, thus fulfilling his desire to devote himself full time to the research and development of photography that he began to learn in 2002 as a self-taught. In 2006 he is also the winner of the New Talent Photo FNAC with the series “Against Fire”.
In the beginning of 2007 he is invited to be a member of the collective Kameraphoto where he remains currently developing collective works (exhibitions and books) such as “A State of Affairs” (2009), “450″ (2008/2009) and “A Diary the Republic “(2010). In the same year he was the winner of the 7th Edition of the Photojournalism award Visão | BES 2007 in the reportage category with a work about the trasladation of Sister Lucia to Fatima.
He has made many solo and group exhibitions and is represented in private collections.
In 2010 he won the special category “2009, year of elections” in the 1st Edition of the Photojournalism Award Estação Imagem Mora.

email: nelsondaires@gmail.com
tel.: +351 91 770 15 49
Oporto | Portugal

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