Dora Nogueira (Lisbon, 1970) attended secondary school at the Escola António Arroio, where she studied plastic arts at the Atelier Livre AT.RE and ceramics on the technical-vocational course, and graduated in cinema at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. She studied at Ar.Co, Lisbon.
During her two final years and the advanced studies, of the four that make up the course, she received scholarships from BES and Kodak. Between 2003 and 2008, she collaborated with the Kameraphoto collective of photographers, where she organised a series of projects and group and solo exhibitions. Between 2003 and 2012 she also developed editorial photography, portraiture, documentary projects, interviews, restoration, product and some architectural photography.