Ana Lopes, Viseu, Portugal, 1996.
Graduated in Nursing from the Coimbra School of Nursing, she currently lives and works in Porto, at Elife, and as a freelance photographer. Before joining this company, she served as a Theatre Producer and Head of the Communication Department at the Estrutura company from 2019 to 2022.
In 2021, she enrolled in the Professional Photography Course at the Instituto Português de Fotografia (IPF) to learn and develop her skills in the art of photography, completing her training in 2023.
Her greatest photographic inspirations mainly come from films, and her eye allows her to see and capture everyday details in a unique way, experimenting with textures, angles, and various visual techniques.
She was responsible for photographing Estrutura's plays, from 2019 to 2022, also working with other theatre groups/artists such as Luísa Mota, Vasco Rodrigues (Zentzua), and the groups silentparty and Ardemente. In 2024, she was one of those responsible for the photographic coverage of Comic Con Portugal 2024.
Also in 2024, she exhibited her works "Retrato de Um Corpo" at the Galeria Painel - ISPUP (Porto, Pt.) and "O Meu Nome é..." at the Casa da Cultura de Mêda (Mêda, Pt.), as part of the "Guerra e Paz" Artistic Residency promoted by ATE - Produções.
Her areas of interest include authorial projects, fashion editorial, and nature/animal photography.