Joel Santos was born in 1978, having a degree and a Master in Economics. The awakened passion for photography happened in 2003, with origins in water macrophotography and natural landscape photography. In 2004 moves to East Timor as a lecturer at the University of Economics - an experience of three years to boost his appetite for spontaneous portrait and daily life reportage.
In 2005 begins his connection to the publishing world through the magazine FotoDigital, and in 2007, after his return to Portugal, took over three years, the direction of the magazine The World of Digital Photography. In 2009, during nearly a year, accumulates the previous job with the editorial coordination of all technology publications at Goody editors. Since 2010 he is a regular columnist for the magazine Vision Life & Travel and occasionally Vision magazine, publishing chronicles and photographs. Over the past eight years, between national and international publications, has edited hundreds of articles and pictures, playing more than three dozen articles and covers core.

In 2007 wrote the book "Digital Photography with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom", in 2010 the bestselling book "Photography - Light, Exposure, composition and equipment" and in 2011 the book "India - The Color Contrast/The Color of Contrast", all published by Atlantic Center.

His photographs have been honored with some of the most prestigious national and international awards for photography, which include the first prize (2006) and honorable mention (2007) in the category of Photojournalism Award of the Nature Vision/BES, premiums Wild Places (Nature/Color, 2007), FIAP Silver Medal (Type/Color, 2009) and Best Portuguese (Nature/Color, 2009) at the International Salon of Photographic Art in the Algarve (Racal Club). He participated in many exhibitions in Portugal and abroad, including in East - Timor (Camões Institute and Orient Foundation) and Poland (Photo Art Festival III).

His works can be seen at www.joelsantos.net and www.facebook.com/Joel.Santos.Photography

• Lagoa de Albufeira
• Lagoa de Albufeira, Ribeira de Aiana
• Lagoa de Albufeira, Várzea da Apostiça
• Cape Espichel, Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Cabo
• Cape Espichel
• Cape Espichel, Farol
• Cape Espichel
• Castelo de Sesimbra
• Praia da Baleeira
• Embarcação de pesca
• Gaivotas sobre o mar
• Sesimbra, Praia do Ouro
• Arrábida
• Arrábida, Ponta dos Lagosteiros
• Convento da Arrábida
• Arrábida, Pedra da Anixa
• Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado, Pontal das Garças
• Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado, Sapal da Carrasqueira
• Reserva Natural do Estuário do Sado, Sapal da Carrasqueira

Blue Vertigo is an exhibition composed by 19 images published from the homonym book by Carlos Sargedas, which depicts through aerial photography the sea front between the Tejo and Sado estuary. Flying over the Sesimbra skies and others, we invite you to appreciate the astonishing view of the historical and natural patrimony of our region and at the same time getting to know a part of this Sesimbra's photographer work. The brightness and transparency of the sea, the impressiveness of the slopes, the density of the vegetation and the beauty of the monuments, seen from a different perspective is worthwhile knowing. Bon voyage!

The Costa Azul (Blue Coast), as if it were a pallete full of colours, bursts out throughout the year into a wide range of tonalities that make you feel as if you were inside a big art gallery were nature amuses itself while painting the most striking canvas l have ever seen.The brownish colours of the landscape, which turn into green then yellow and red, are framed, by the blue sky. Montain and sea are coloured an emerald green, as if a precious stone had been taken from Serra da Arrábida.
This little corner of the globe is certainly unique, and that is wath l attempted to capture whit my camera, to keep forever in my memory, and hopefully in yours!

Carlos Sargedas