Photographer and Filmmaker

NUNO SERRÃO

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“Nuno Serrão is a Portuguese photographer, interested in the dialogues between science and contemporary art. Each of his images considers how information is handled, shared, and perceived, framing scenarios as micro-narratives, demonstrating a sensitivity and a curiosity for the planet and its inhabitants.”

Kate Simpson, Aesthetica Magazine, 2019

“His cinematic compositions and unorthodox approach to portraiture demonstrate a sensitivity to the world around him.”

gelstaten, 2021

“Each photograph he creates holds an intense air of mystery, a fog that is wrapped in the never-ending eerie.”

Christina Nafziger, Create! Magazine, 2021

Hi, I’m a Portuguese photographer and filmmaker born in Madeira Island. My blank slate starts with a functional level of emotion, logic, minimalism, and curiosity; I consider them the building blocks of my creative process.
Curiosity often leads me into document frameable stories that, in the end, will pose a whole new set of questions. With the sum of all relatable questions, I think I’ll get an answer.

Recent clients & collaborations: Discovery; Adobe; Der Grief; Create! Magazine; Too Tired Press; Subjectively Objective; Oprah Daily; Aesthetica Magazine; Samsung Electronics; Mediocre; Boom Saloon; The Huffington Post; Público.

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Selected exhibitions, talks

FUSO, Lisboa, Centro de Arte Contemporânea – Palácio Anjos (Jul, 2021)
Rvkfringe Festival, Reykjavik, Gallerí Fold (Jul, 2021)
Mostra Instituto Camões, Vigo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Vigo (Jun, 2021)
Quantum Shorts Conversations, Singapure (Apr, 2021)
Aesthetica Filmmaker Insights Panel, York (Nov, 2020)
Lenzburg Photo Festival, Lenzburg (Sep, Oct, 2020)
Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam (Sep, 2020)
Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, The National Museum of Finland (Jul, Sep, 2020)
Living Yourself, Rome, Millepiani, (Mar, 2020)
Living Apart, Rome, Millepiani, (Mar, 2020)
Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam (Feb, 2020)

Selected film festivals

Super Shorts London | Official Select (Close-up Film Centre, London, Dec 19th, 2021)
Altered Images Festival | Official Select (The Others, London, 2021)
Cine Luso | Official Select (Kinograph, Brussels, 2021)
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival | Official Select (The Fox, Toronto, 2021)
Amsterdam Independent Film Festival | Official Select (Lab111 Cinema, Amsterdam, 2021)
Boston Short Film Festival | Nominee (Kendall Square Cinema, Boston, 2021)
NYPSFF | Official Select (Tribeca Film Center, New York, 2021)
Future Now Symposium | Invited Films (Aesthetica, York, 2021)
Quantum Shorts | Finalist (ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2021)
Caminhos do Cinema Português | Nominee (Cinema Avenida, Coimbra, 2020)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival | Nominee (Aesthetica, York, 2020)
POOL – Berlin Festival | Official Select. (Dock 11, Berlin, 2020)
FUSO – Lisbon International Video Art Festival | Nominee (MATT, Lisbon, 2020)
ReelHeart International Film Festival | Winner Best Dance Film (Carlton Cinemas, Toronto, 2020)
LA Experimental Film Festival | Winner (Regal Cinemas, Los Angeles, 2020)
Brussels Independent Film Festival | Nominee (Cinema Galeries, Brussels, 2020)
InShadow Festival | Winner (Teatro do Bairro, Lisbon, 2019)

Selected publications, essays

“Exploring Life’s Mysteries: Interview with Nuno Serrão” (Create!magazine, 2021); Book “Anthology” (Too Tired Press, soon); Book “Investigations in Infrastructure” (Subjectively Objective, soon); Issue #27 (Create! Magazine, 2021); Issue 14 (Der Grief, 2021); “Desde el interior” (Culturamas, 2021); “Flow” (Bluebee Magazine, 2021); Book “Um Olhar de Fora Dentro” (Mediocre, 2021); “Free Space” (Marie Claire Italy, 2020); “Short Stories To Tell In The Dark” (Oprah Daily, 2020); “The Great Escape” (Float Magazine, 2020); “In Between” (Lens Magazine, 2020); “Micro-Narratives” (Aesthetica Magazine, 2019); “In Between” (The Photographic Journal, 2019); “Selection” (Fisheyemagazine, 2019); “Folk Tales” (Cultura Colectiva, 2019); “Under The Storm” (Boom Saloon Magazine nº4, 2019); “Name of the week” (Neim Design, 2019); “Inland” (Osso Magazine, 2019); “Perspectiva e Circunstância” (Translocal Magazine nº1, 2019); “Inland” (Dodho, 2018); “Confronting Existentialism” (Plain, 2018); “Finding Beauty in simplicity” (C-Heads Magazine, 2018); “Inland Iceland” (Featured on Booooooom, 2018); “Unique Travel Photography” (Inspiration Grid, 2018); “The Truth is Out There” (This Isn’t Happiness, 2018); “Driving on an Unknown Road” (ETC Zine, 2018); “Inland Iceland” (L’Œil de la Photographie, 2018); “Inland Morocco” (This Isn’t Happiness, 2018); “Inland Morocco” (Photomag, 2018); “Inland Madeira” (Mâché, 2018); “Inland Morocco” (Mâché, 2018); “Under a Storm” (Mâché, 2018); “Morrocos minimal” (Fugas, 2018); “Perseids” Huffington Post (2015); Sic Notícias (2015); Público (2015); RTP (2015); TSF (2015); Focus.it (2015); “Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars, Venus” (NASA, 2015); “Perseids” (P3, 2013); Vice (2012); Page Magazine (2012); The Next Web (2012); Mashable (2012); Read Write Web (2012); “O Natal é um estacionamento deserto” (Público, 2012)

Featured in

c_l_o; ignant; gelstaten; somewheremagazine; minimalism; lightroom; royalphotographicsociety; ofhumans; gominimalmag; dreamermagazine; featureshoot; ihaveathingforshadows; photocinematica; structuredmag; taxcollection; knowthismind; fubiz; ithosmag; pellicolamag; thevisualvoices; ismorbo; _wtns_; yorokobu; specialnite; zmdemagazine; fisheyelemag; thinkveryl; magnificomagazine; artclassified; realismagazine; timetobehave; plum; collateralphoto; wink; zekoia; taintedmag; friendsinstreets; insomniamagazine; oassisgmag; minimalmood; photographizemag; adegomagazine; cloudadmiration; cinesomnia; n8zine; takemagazine; weltraummagazine; noicemag; etc.