My name is André Alves, and I was born in 1994 in Portugal. Since I was young, I've always been highly focused on my goals. At the age of 14, I started working to buy my first guitar because I wanted to becoming a musician. It was through music that I began my journey into photography bu documenting my daily life as a musician. In 2017, I moved to Paris, where I had the incredible opportunity to work with the French electronic band Justice my photos ware used to promote their "Woman World Wide Tour". It was also during that time in Paris that my interest in social documentary photography started. I immersed myself in the Gilet Jaunes movement in France, which resulted in a exhibition project that is currently touring all Fnac stores in Portugal. In 2021, I continuing to document various social movements in Paris. From refugee crises to political and sporting events. In 2023 I was in Turkey documenting the aftermath of the earthquake, some of the photos were projected at the Visa Pour L'Image 2023 festival, I also did a series on yoga in prisons in Portugal. My work has been published in different French and international newspapers such as El Pais, Libération, Paris Match, L'Obs an
