About Filipe Santos — Documentary Photographer

15 years. 4 countries. 3 disciplines. One documentary eye.

I’m not a wedding photographer who also does corporate. I’m a documentary photographer with 15 years applying the same eye — on the streets of Odessa in March 2023 while missiles fell, in boardrooms in Porto, at weddings in the Douro, in portraits at Estúdio 266.

The discipline is one. The applications are three.

THE 3 APPLICATIONS

Wedding

8 hours capturing moments that won’t return. I work with a second shooter and two videographers — complete coverage in photo and video. 7× Fearless Award, ISPWP, WPJA. Porto, Portugal, and destination weddings across Europe.

Corporate

Executive headshots, team photography for your website, institutional coverage. My own studio if you prefer a controlled environment, or at your premises. Video by the same team.

Portrait and Studio

Estúdio 266 in Vila Nova de Gaia. Professional portrait sessions, personal branding, family portraits. Physical space, dedicated equipment, varied backdrops.

FACT SHEET

Career: 15 years of professional photography, since age 19. Based in Porto.

Disciplines: Wedding, Corporate, Portrait/Studio, and Documentary Projects.

Core team: 4 people — photographer, second shooter, and two videographers.

Base: Estúdio 266 — R. Rei Ramiro 266, Vila Nova de Gaia.

Coverage: Porto, Portugal, and destination weddings/projects across Europe.

Languages: Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Recognition: 7× Fearless Award · ISPWP · WPJA.

DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS

It’s in the documentary projects that I train the eye I apply to everything else. Cuba (2017), Morocco (2019), Ukraine/Odessa (March 2023, during the war), and Moldova (2023) — four countries, four different contexts, the same discipline: being present without interfering.

Do trabalho em Odessa nasceu o livro Heroyam Slava! — To the People of Odessa, disponível na Amazon. Os outros três projetos vivem em ensaios fotográficos publicados no blog.

VIEW DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS

SHALL WE GRAB A COFFEE?

The best way to start is a no-commitment conversation.

I welcome you at Estúdio 266 to show albums, talk about the project, and have a coffee. Seeing the work in print is different from seeing it on a screen.

If you’re looking for a true record of your day, your business, or your team — let’s talk.