Luís Ramos was born in Lisbon, Portugal, where he studied photography at AR.CO, School of Visual Arts and cinema at Escola Superior de Cinema.
For many years he made his career in the leading Portuguese newspapers as photojournalist and photo editor. He travelled in assignment all over the world and has been distinguished with two Fuji Europress Photo Awards (Copenhaga, 2000 and Roma, 2004) and several Visão Photo Awards (Lisboa, 2002, 2004, 2005 e 2006).
From 2006 he became an independent photographer.
Last main exhibitions:
“South Bank” at the House of Culture in Setúbal , January / February 2024
“Loneliness” at the Turbina Cultural Center in Budapest, March / April 2022, part of the Budapest Photo Festival.
”Dual Reality - Lisbon Revisited”, October / December 2020 at Galeria de Sta. Maria Maior, part of the Imago Lisboa Photo Festival.
“Remember” at Centro Cultural de Belém, July / September 2019.
His works have also been shown in several group exhibitions in Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Denmark.
He recently edited the photobook “Loneliness”, Lisbon, December 2023.
He is represented in the art collections of Fundação EDP, Fundação D. Luís I, Tavira City Council, Faro City Council and Casa da Cerca, Almada Contemporary Art Center.
