Alfredo Cunha
Celorico da Beira (PT), 1953
Alfredo Cunha was born in 1953 in Celorico da Beira.
In 1970, he began his professional career in advertising and commercial photography; the following year, he made his debut as a photojournalist for the newspaper Notícias da Amadora.
He collaborated with the newspapers O Século and O Século Ilustrado, the magazine Vida Mundial, the Agência Noticiosa Portuguesa - ANOP and the agencies Notícias de Portugal and Lusa.
He was the official photographer for the presidents of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes and Mário Soares, and received the Commendation of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.
At Público newspaper, he was photo editor between 1989 and 1997, and joined the Edipresse group as a photographer and editor. In 2000, he started working for the weekly magazine Focus. In 2002, he collaborated with Ana Sousa Dias on the television program Por Outro Lado, on RTP2. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a photographer and editor at Jornal de Notícias. From 2010 to 2012, he was photographic director of Agência Global Imagens.
He currently works as a freelancer and develops various editorial projects.
His career includes photo series dedicated to the 25th of April 1974, Portuguese decolonization in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor and Cape Verde, PREC (Revolutionary Process in Progress, 1974-1975), the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania (1989) and the Iraq War (2003).
He has published more than forty books on photography, including: Raízes da Nossa Força (1972), Vidas Alheias (1975), Disparos (1976), Naquele Tempo (1995), O Melhor Café (1996), Porto de Mar (1998), 77 Fotografias e Um Retrato (1999), Cidade das Pontes (2001), Cuidado com as Crianças (2003), Cortina dos Dias (2012), O Grande Incêndio do Chiado (2013), Os Rapazes dos Tanques (2014), Toda a Esperança do Mundo (2015), Felicidade (2016), Fátima, enquanto Houver Portugueses (2017), Mário Soares (2017), Retratos 1970-2018 (2018), O Tempo das Mulheres (2019), A Cidade Que não Existia (2020), Leica Years (2020), Dedicatória (2021), Paraíso de Coura (2024), Mário Soares - 100 anos (2024).
He has presented his work in more than 700 exhibitions.
In 1970, he began his professional career in advertising and commercial photography; the following year, he made his debut as a photojournalist for the newspaper Notícias da Amadora.
He collaborated with the newspapers O Século and O Século Ilustrado, the magazine Vida Mundial, the Agência Noticiosa Portuguesa - ANOP and the agencies Notícias de Portugal and Lusa.
He was the official photographer for the presidents of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes and Mário Soares, and received the Commendation of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.
At Público newspaper, he was photo editor between 1989 and 1997, and joined the Edipresse group as a photographer and editor. In 2000, he started working for the weekly magazine Focus. In 2002, he collaborated with Ana Sousa Dias on the television program Por Outro Lado, on RTP2. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a photographer and editor at Jornal de Notícias. From 2010 to 2012, he was photographic director of Agência Global Imagens.
He currently works as a freelancer and develops various editorial projects.
His career includes photo series dedicated to the 25th of April 1974, Portuguese decolonization in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor and Cape Verde, PREC (Revolutionary Process in Progress, 1974-1975), the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania (1989) and the Iraq War (2003).
He has published more than forty books on photography, including: Raízes da Nossa Força (1972), Vidas Alheias (1975), Disparos (1976), Naquele Tempo (1995), O Melhor Café (1996), Porto de Mar (1998), 77 Fotografias e Um Retrato (1999), Cidade das Pontes (2001), Cuidado com as Crianças (2003), Cortina dos Dias (2012), O Grande Incêndio do Chiado (2013), Os Rapazes dos Tanques (2014), Toda a Esperança do Mundo (2015), Felicidade (2016), Fátima, enquanto Houver Portugueses (2017), Mário Soares (2017), Retratos 1970-2018 (2018), O Tempo das Mulheres (2019), A Cidade Que não Existia (2020), Leica Years (2020), Dedicatória (2021), Paraíso de Coura (2024), Mário Soares - 100 anos (2024).
He has presented his work in more than 700 exhibitions.