Augusto Cabrita


Augusto Cabrita was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal.

Career

Cabrita was a self-taught photographer. He worked as a photojournalist for the weekly O Século and their magazine O Século Ilustrado, from Lisbon. He also did the covers of albums by musicians like Amália Rodrigues, Carlos Paredes, Luís Goes and Simone [de Oliveira]. He directed many short film documentaries and was the cinematographer of Belarmino, by Fernando Lopes, one of the first and most important films of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.
He was the photographer of several books about Portuguese patrimony, on subjects like cuisine, Portuguese religious architecture, castles and natural parks and reservations.
Cabrita’s name was given to a secondary school and to the municipal auditorium in his home city of Barreiro.

Filmography

Short films

Improviso Sobre o Algarve Macau Viana e o Seu Termo Na Corrente A Viagem O Mar Transporta a Cidade Uma História de Comboios - Uma Viagem de Hans-Christian Andersen Lisboa
  • ''Açores, Ilhas do Atlântico''

Books

50 Anos da CUF no Barreiro Portugal, Um País que Importa Conhecer Cozinha Tradicional Portuguesa, by Maria de Lurdes Modesto, with António Homem Cardoso
  • "New You Rhapsody" with Guta de CarvalhoAs Mais Belas Vilas e Aldeias de Portugal, by Júlio GilOs Mais Belos Castelos e Fortalezas de Portugal, by Júlio GilParques e Reservas Naturais de Portugal, by Pedro de Castro Henriques, with additional photography by Rui CunhaAmália: Uma Estranha Forma de Vida, by Vítor Pavão dos SantosOs Mais Belos Rios de Portugal, by João Conde Veiga