Alfredo Cunha
Portugal
Alfredo Cunha (Celorico da Beira, 1953) began his professional career in advertising and commercial photography in 1970.
The following year, he began his career as a photojournalist for the newspaper Notícias da Amadora. He also worked for the newspapers O Século and O Século Ilustrado (1972).
He was the official photographer for the Presidents of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes and Mário Soares, and was awarded the Order of Infante D. Henrique in 1996. Between 1989 and 1997, he was photo editor at Público, and then joined the Edipresse group as a photographer and editor. In 2000, he began working for the weekly magazine Focus. In 2002, he worked with Ana Sousa Dias on the television programme Por Outro Lado, on RTP2. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a photographer and editor at Jornal de Notícias. From 2010 to 2012, he was the photographic director of Agência Global Imagens. He currently works freelance and develops editorial projects. Highlights of his career include the series of photographs dedicated to 25 April 1974, Portuguese decolonisation in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, East Timor and Cape Verde, photographic work on PREC (Revolutionary Process in Progress, 1974-1975), the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania (1989) and the Iraq War (2003).
The following year, he began his career as a photojournalist for the newspaper Notícias da Amadora. He also worked for the newspapers O Século and O Século Ilustrado (1972).
He was the official photographer for the Presidents of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes and Mário Soares, and was awarded the Order of Infante D. Henrique in 1996. Between 1989 and 1997, he was photo editor at Público, and then joined the Edipresse group as a photographer and editor. In 2000, he began working for the weekly magazine Focus. In 2002, he worked with Ana Sousa Dias on the television programme Por Outro Lado, on RTP2. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a photographer and editor at Jornal de Notícias. From 2010 to 2012, he was the photographic director of Agência Global Imagens. He currently works freelance and develops editorial projects. Highlights of his career include the series of photographs dedicated to 25 April 1974, Portuguese decolonisation in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, East Timor and Cape Verde, photographic work on PREC (Revolutionary Process in Progress, 1974-1975), the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania (1989) and the Iraq War (2003).
