Mário Mendes

Portugal - APPImagem - Associação Portuguesa dos Profissionais da Imagem

Specialisations:

Commercial/Portrait Architecture Photojornalism

Biography

Mário Mendes was born in Barreiro on March 1st, 1973, as a descendant of a family of photographers. Photography runs in the blood of the Mendes family, starting from his grandfather, Master David Mendes (1916 - 1974), a renowned portraitist of the 1940s, to his uncles Mário Mendes and José João Mendes and his mother Felismina Mendes. It is through his family that he finds his source of wisdom and technique, thus developing his photographic art. He began taking photographs from a very young age without any commercial purposes, which allowed him to develop his strong sensitivity to working with shadows and his concept of framing. He created his own image and inherent style, following the family tradition since 1938. In his studio, he focuses on elaborate prints of the highest quality of fine arts, from the process of drying in controlled temperature and humidity to the detail of printing on high-quality fine art paper, honoring the highest standards of rigor. In his studio, he receives photographers who seek the best for their prints, whether for exhibitions, competitions, or sales. His work in print execution and framing is a reference in the world of photography. His work... He serves one of the world's largest on-demand photography platforms and the leader in artificial intelligence dedicated to image processing, providing photography services in the area of architecture in general. As a photojournalist, he develops photographic reports for national and international media and collaborates with a daily generalist newspaper, the market leader in Portugal, with over 110,000 copies sold per day. He also has an area of education where he teaches private photography courses. Author photography... Mario Mendes highlights author photography as his greatest flame, highlighting on the online store a selection of limited series, numbered, and autographed photographs accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, in which the entire process is carried out by the author, thus creating added value to the photograph. How he sees his photographs... Creating a work of art is solely the responsibility of its author... when I create a photograph, I have to execute the whole process from beginning to end. I feel as if it were my child, and who better than me to take care of something that is a part of me!