João Galamba
Portugal | B. 1989
João Galamba is a Portuguese photographer whose work stands out for its fusion of technical rigor and strong aesthetic sensibility. His photographic practice spans genres such as portraiture, urban landscape, authorial photography, and documentary photography, always with a particular attention to light, composition, and atmosphere. Through an intuitive and reflective approach, he explores themes such as memory, silence, and the relationship between space and presence. His gaze is marked by a constant search for authenticity and visual coherence, revealing a language of his own that is both restrained and expressive. She lived for many years in East Timor, and there, as in the rest of the world, she did everything she could with her
camera to perpetuate beauty and denounce inequalities. She has fifteen years of experience and has taught more than two dozen courses in photography and photo editing.
He has certified professional training (completed with honors) in photography from Oficina da Imagem (2012) and in digital marketing from World Academy (2019).
His work has been awarded in more than 100 Portuguese and international photography competitions (some of which are mentioned below). In addition to several individual and collective photography exhibitions, publications in books, newspapers, and international magazines, he is the author of the book “Timor-Leste - à luz do sol nascente” (Timor-Leste - in the light of the rising sun), with a preface by Xanana
Gusmão and published by Porto Editora.
As a drone photographer, João Galamba is represented by the premium agency Amazing Aerial Agency.
CREDENTIALS
2021
First Place Award in the Environment category, Skypixel, DJI, China
First Place Award in the Environmental Impact category, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, United States of America
First Place Award, Estrela Geopark, Portugal
2020
Second Place Award, Port and Douro Wine Institute, Portugal
Winner of the “Drone Photography” Award, HIPA, United Arab Emirates
First Place Award, Grand Prix of Photography for Travelers, Fotoadrenalina, Portugal
First Place Award, “Douro,” Fujifilm and Porto Cruz, Portugal
1st Place Award, Serra da Estrela Interpretation Center, Portugal
1st Place Award (Water theme), Matosinhos Photography Biennial, Portugal
2019
1st Place Award - nature/landscapes category, Xposure International Photography Festival, United Arab Emirates
Award for one photograph in the top 100 (out of 391,000 photographs), named one of the top 100 photographers (out of 112,000 photographers) and the best photographer in Portugal 35Awards, 35Photo, Russia
1st Place Award in the nature category, Monochrome Awards – International Black & White Photography Contest, United States of America
2nd Place Award in the journalism category, Monochrome Awards – International Black & White Photography Contest, United States of America
1st Place Award in the Nature category, aerial sub-category, Moscow International Photo Awards, Russia
1st Place Award Feel Connect Communicate (mobile category), ANACOM / Visão magazine, Portugal;
1st Place Award in the “best Instagram mural” category, Gerador, Portugal
2018
Third Place Award in the Travel Category, Chromatic Awards, United States of America
Second Place Award in the “Contest for astrophotographers” 35awards, 35Photo, Russia
2017
First Place Award (theme: Freedom), Matosinhos Photography Biennial, Portugal
First Place Award New Creators, World Academy, Portugal
3rd Place Award Live for the story, Canon, Portugal
1st Place Award FOTOGRAM, FNAC, Portugal
1st Place Award Snap It, Skoda, Portugal
2nd Place Award category People – Travel, International Photographer of the Year, United States of America
2nd Place Award in the Nature category, Swiss International Photo Contest, Switzerland
3rd Place Award in Photojournalism/Documentary, Zebra Black and White Photo Awards, United States
2014
Best Portuguese Photographer Award and Honorable Mention, Sony World Photography Awards, World Photography Association, United Kingdom
2012
1st Place Award “ConteConnosco” (Count on Us), Banco Santander Totta, Portugal
“Timor-Leste,” Ourém, Portugal
2014
Traveling exhibition “Tabernas do Sul” (Taverns of the South), various cities in Alentejo, Portugal
In Colors Project ED#3 JOY, Lumicroma, Portugal
2019
Joint exhibition with Roberto Chichorro, Ovar Museum, Portugal
Publication Timor-Leste à Luz do Sol Nascente (Timor-Leste in the Light of the Rising Sun), Porto Editora, Portugal
Exposições Lumicroma
IN COLORS PROJECT ED#1 REACT!
The broadness to which ... Ler Mais
The broadness to which the theme is open is represented in this set of 50 artworks by photographers from 22 nationalities. React! to what, from what perspective? The possibility of endless interpretations is mirrored in an exhibition in which the reaction is as much in the photographed "scene" itself as in the impression of the person who photographed it, and also, and always, in the eye of the person who appreciates the photograph. In this realm, there is the image of time and place, of many places and many qualities of time. There is the beauty of moments, spaces, cultures and traditions. There is a whole scale of emotions. There is the poetry of landscapes and the destruction wrought by war. There is fantasy in improbable scenarios. There are global concerns, personal instances. Sometimes the weight of existence; sometimes the lightness of laughter in the face of death. There remains, still, the certainty of a kaleidoscopic world, in permanent change, so that stories repeat themselves. Because man repeats himself. The continuity of life is also maintained. It is in the faces of many. It is in the colors. It is in the light of black and white. It is in the instinct. In the will. In what is lost, in what is conquered.
Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira
IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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IN COLORS PROJECT ED#2 HOME
In 74 photographs, 32 authors from 14 nationalities give us the most poignant portrait of what we are, what we do and what we are failing at. Because HOME has smiles and exposed wounds. It shows a sense of belonging and an absurd lack of ground.
It is the human cloak of a thousand patches to which we all belong.
This is our Home. And we can't close our eyes.
Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira
IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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AUSCHWITZ: TRACE(S) OF A LEGACY
To keep the memory alive appeals to reflection and to vigilanc ... Ler Mais
To keep the memory alive appeals to reflection and to vigilance and encourages the commitment of future generations, so that, through these, the voices of the survivors, which will soon no longer be heard, can echoe.
We know the history, we have seen the films and we have read the books. We have always been told that Auschwitz is the true symbol of Holocaust, since more than one million jews were murdered there. A factory of killing people! Gypsies, ho-mossexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and political dissidents also suffered in this dark place.
We have read about the hideous experiments carried out by Mengele in Auschwitz. We have seen photographies of the survivors, of the corpses, of the crematoriums, of the abandoned personal belongings. We started our journey to Poland with the thought that we would be prepared to face the interpretative centre of the Holocaust and, through it, find the answer to our restlessness: how could this have been humanly possible?
During the journey, we revisited those with whom we had previously shared the feeling of the concentration camp. All the pages, testimonies and faces remained well alive in our memories.
We have arrived, the presence in Auschwitz overwhelms us!
No memory, read, studied, seen or heard can be compared to standing right there. In the deafening silence of that place, which carries within itself the imense loss of human sense, the question of Theodor Adorno gains strenght: How can poetry be possible after Auschwitz Ler Menos
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COURA'S PARADISE
Alfredo Cunha's eye, attentive and sharp, documents this magic, this spirit of brotherhood, this collective happiness. The joy of the audience and the euphoria of the bands, who never forget th ... Ler Mais
Alfredo Cunha's eye, attentive and sharp, documents this magic, this spirit of brotherhood, this collective happiness. The joy of the audience and the euphoria of the bands, who never forget that breathtaking human wall and the generous way they are received. It captures the sweetness, the serenity, the deepest peace, the shared love, the respect, the amazement, the unique energy of the Taboão river, contrasted with the exaltation, the apotheosis, the celebration and the joy, that sacred emotion that Almada Negreiros once said was "the most serious thing in life".
Year after year, we need the Paredes de Coura Festival to recharge the batteries of passion, to dispel the mediocrity of the grayest days, to cure the diseases of the sadness that makes us pale and to chase away the city carrion that burrows into our bones. To fill ourselves with beauty, euphoria and the deepest peace, in divine communion with nature. On pilgrimage, in a perpetual return to magic.
Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira
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IN COLORS PROJECT ED#3 JOY
Photography, as a device for representation and mediation, emerges as a territory for ideological, aesthetic, and poetic experimentation. The selected images map out visual strate- gies through which different cultures are encoded, ritualized, and transmitted. Encompassing a range of representational expressions – from collective celebration to intimate contemplation – each author presents a singular visual lexicon, revealing joy as a socio-anthropological and aesthetic praxis, while envisioning the creation of possible futures.
The curatorial approach is structured around the hypothesis that the photographic image constitutes a device for reconfiguring sensibility, for analyzing and interpreting reality, transfigured and appropriated into autonomous and individual realities, prompting us to question the conditions of possibility for pleasure, encounter, and transformation in contemporary societies.
Curated by Aníbal Lemos and Sandra Maria Teixeira
IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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