Bio

My name is Antonio Bernardino Martins Coelho, I am from a small village in the north of Portugal, where I live. I am 43 years old, married and father of two girls. I work as an electrical engineer. A taste for painting was evident in me early on, but it was only in 2010 after a trip to Cuba that I became interested in photography, having captured a lot of images. However, having a small digital camera, I started to acquire analog equipment and develop the photography learning activity in a self-taught way, using very old and medium format machines. My favorite camera is the Zeiss Ikon Nettar. I have participated in many contest and teach photography for students in schools in portugal. There are some awards: 2017 1st place in still life, at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. 2018 and 2020 Portugal National Award at the Sony Awards and commended at the same contest. 2021, a series of my photographs that address the problem of plastic on the environment and food, is an integral part of the exhibition at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. 35awards 2016, 2nd place in conceptual. Monochrome Awards 2017 - 3rd place in conceptual 35awards 2017 best photo project FAPA AWARDS 2017, 2019 and 2021 Nominee Umbra awards 2019, 2020 2nd place in architecture Gold winner PX3 2021, Advertising new talent Gold MIFA 2021 2nd place and silver 2nd place at VIPA awards,1st edition IPA 2021, Advertising Photographer of the Year 2021 Non professional. 35 awards 2021, 3rd place in photo project Mifa 2022 winner 100ASA ambassador Best Photography Awards 1st edition, Amateur Photographer of the Year 2022 IPA 2022, 2nd place advertising PX3 winner 2022, special new talent Best photography awards Urban Photo Awards 2022, winner, portfolio exposed at Sartorio Museum Nature Photographer of the Year 2022, bronze winner in fungi and plants IPA 2023 winner 1st place advertising PX3 2023 winner Bifa 2023 winner - best new talent Food Photography Awards 2023 - finalist 35 Awards 9th season - 2nd place with series "state of mind" BNW awards 2023 - Gold medal in fine art Oneeyeland Awards 2023 - Fine Art, 7th place in TOP 10 world and 1st Place gold award for Portugal The Society of Photographers - Architecture Photographer of the Year 2023 and Advertising and Commercial Photographer of the year 2023 Architecture Master Prize 2023 - Best of Best in Interiors ND awards 2023, winner Gold in Special/Advertising with series "State of Mind" HIPA awards 2023, Shortlisted and published in the annual book in color and creative Best Photography awards 2023, 2nd place in advertising Annual Photo Awards 2023, 2nd place in Special WPE awards 2023, winner of 1st place with image "Silence and Oppression" from the series "State of Mind", in Commercial Imacres Awards 2023, winner 1st place in Fine Art 1839 awards, 2023, 1st place in advertising, and public vote award in conceptual Exposure One Awards , gold in still life Siena Creative Awards 2024, nominee Siena Creative Awards 2021, highly commended and commended Siena Creative Awards 2nd place in Open Imacres Awards 2023 1st place in Fine Art Imacres Awards 2024, 2nd place architecture and fine art ExposueOne Awards architecture photographer of the year 2024