Maurício Abreu
Maurício José Ferreira da Costa de Abreu is a Portuguese photographer, editor and cultural producer. He is a leading name in Portuguese photography, as a specialist in the areas of natural and cultural patrimony, ethnography and traditional architecture.
Biography
Abreu was born in Coimbra but has lived in the Setúbal region since 1964. A graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon in 1978, he became a professional photographer in 1983. Since then, he has developed several projects as a photographer, producer and editor, focusing his photography on a series of values that tend to be menaced by the modern civilization.
He is the author and editor of books dedicated to several aspects of Portuguese culture and regions, with texts by writers and journalists like José Manuel Fernandes, Álamo de Oliveira, Francisco José Viegas, Nuno Júdice and João de Melo. He was the photographer of José Saramago's travel book, Viagem a Portugal, in 1990, which details a trip taken by the writer to the entire territory of Mainland Portugal.
He was elected QEP by the FEP in Belgium, in 2009.
In 2002, his portraits of Setúbal citizens, taken from 1997 to 2000, were on display as part of the exhibition "How many minorities make up the whole" at the Setúbal Museum/Convento de Jesus.
Works published
Personal projects
O Homem e o Mar - O Litoral Português, text by José Manuel FernandesAçores, text by Álamo de OliveiraComboios Portugueses - Um Guia Sentimental, text by Francisco José ViegasNas Margens de Um Rio, text by Francisco José ViegasRios de Portugal, text by José Manuel FernandesSão Miguel - Açores, text by João de MeloMadeira - Porto Santo, text by Vicente Jorge SilvaSerras de Portugal, text by José Manuel FernandesAlgarve, text by Nuno JúdiceO Ar, a Terra, a Água - Um Cântico Votivo, text by Francisco José ViegasRibatejo, text by Hélder PinhoNorte Alentejano, text by José Manuel FernandesRetratos do Fim do Século, text by António BarretoAlentejo, text by Hélder PinhoRio Douro - Da Nascente à Foz, text by several authorsAçores, text by several authorsBeira Litoral - Aveiro e Coimbra, text by several authorsMinho, text by several authors
Projects by editors invitation
Quintas e Palácios nos Arredores de Lisboa, text by Anne de StoopTerras do Norte na Literatura Portuguesa, text by Luís Forjaz TrigueirosViagem a Portugal, travel book by José SaramagoTerras da Beira na Literatura Portuguesa, text by António Manuel Couto VianaDouro, with Emílio Biel and Domingos Alvão, text by António BarretoArtesãos e Artesanato, text by Isabel Victor and Luís GonçalvesAs Beiras, text by Jaime CortesãoFestas, Feiras e Romarias, text by Fernando António Baptista Pereira, Ana Duarte and Luís GonçalvesPraias de Portugal, text by Alice VieiraAlbufeiras de Portugal, text by António Carmona RodriguesLendas dos Açores, text by José Viale MoutinhoLendas de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, text by José Viale Moutinho