Street Photography /2000. Portugal / Analog camera photo / B&W 35 mm film. 400 iso / Gelatin Silver Print Signed, titled, negative date & print date on verso. Ana Maria is visual artist. She had a formal education in Fine Arts. Since 2000 she also is interested in photography and she started by doing theater photography, and informal photography seeking to capture moments of everyday life. She shoots with an analog camera and B&W 35mm film. She considers analog photography to be one of the components of the intellectual honesty of her work. She believes that digital photography, can take some of the photographic fact, given their almost endless possibilities of manipulation. Every fraction of a second contained in her photographs corresponds to a narrative in which words are not enough. It seems that her lens captures states of the soul. The irony is another of her peculiarities, present in most of her photographic work, even when the subject is apparently contrary. Several exhibitions in galleries and public spaces have attracted public attention, allowing expose her work abroad. She holds numerous awards and Grand Prize Winner obtained at prestigious competitions of international photography. Her work is represented in numerous private and public collections, national and international.