ABOUT
RICARDO BARROS FIGUEIRA (XANO) IS AN ANALOG AND DIGITAL FINE ART, STREET AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN LISBON, PORTUGAL. I SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME DOING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY. IS ALL ABOUT TELLING STORIES AND FREEZE GREAT MOMENTS. FOR ME PHOTOGRAPHY IS A MODE OF SELF-EXPRESSION.
THE LEICA M9 AND FUJIFILM X-PRO2 ARE BOTH MY CURRENT DIGITAL CAMERAS BUT MY FAVOURITE IS THE LEICA M4/M6 FILM CAMERA. I ENJOY EVERYTHING FROM LOADING THE FILM TO HAND DEVELOPING AND SCANNING THE NEGATIVES.
I ALSO ENJOY USING MEDIUM FORMAT FILM CAMERAS SUCH AS THE AMAZING HASSELBLAD 500C/M - 6×6 CAMERA (MY MAIN MEDIUM FORMAT FILM CAMERA).
INTERVIEWS, EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS
02-2019 MY FAVORITE SHOTS - EXHIBITION - BELGRADE, SERBIA
12-2018 FASCINATING LIGHTING - EXHIBITION - THE HAGE, NETHERLANDS
10-2013 SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS WERE PART OF THE "THE STORY OF THE CREATIVE" EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK, USA CITY