Issue28 (part2) October 2017

Photographer Miguel Barbosa (Portugal)
Tell us something about yourself. My name is Miguel, I’m 44 years old and I’m from
Porto, Portugal. I work in an office from 8 to 5, but I’m also a fashion photographer
and recently I’ve created a modeling agency, called Allure Model Management.
How and when did you get into photography? Although photography has been in my
life forever, and I have always taken thousands of pictures on different occasions, even
when there was still only analog photography, the truth is that it was only a few years
ago that I dedicated myself, so to speak, to a more professional way, trying to figure
out what style of photography I was in.
What does photography mean to you? Photography means everything to me. It is to
eternalize a moment, to send a message, to convey feelings. Each photo is a world of
emotions to discover, a fusion of ideas. In photography there are no language barriers.
Each image is a unique moment that stays forever, a unique vision of the photographer
in relation to that moment, in which he reflects his soul.
Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers. Without any doubt
that the type of photography that fills me most is fashion photography. I have tried
landscape photography, portrait, boudoir, events, children and newborns, but the
fashion is undoubtedly the one with which I feel more connected. Maybe because I've
been on fashion industry since I was 18 and it's already ingrained in me. Being a
fashion photographer is entering a world of beauty, trends and glamour with countless
options. Fashion and photography are two arts that together can be an explosion
of creativity and a true visual delirium.
Where do you get inspiration from? It is not an easy answer to give. Of course I do
research, I see innumerable fashion editorials, catalogs, fashion magazines, etc. and of
course this also becomes a source of inspiration for my work as a photographer, but
that is what everyone does. Everything that surrounds us and everything that shaped
us to be what we are today is a source of inspiration. The same person with a different
education, another family, living in another city, would have a totally different
inspiration. That's why I think my source of inspiration is everything around me the
moment I shoot. The people, the environment, the clothes, the team, the weather is
all I absorb to inspire myself.
Studio, on location or both? Without any doubt on location. It is where I feel most
comfortable and where I can give wings to creativity, working with the light and the
colors that surround me, together with the clothes, accessories and models.
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