CARLOS SOUSA PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A SPECIAL “CLOSE”

He loves the picture and this is evident in his work. With innovation, creativity and determination, the photographer has created multiple career from what was once just a hobby from childhood, the agency’s photo to photojournalism, photo abstract of photo sports will still passing by the creation of micro websites for the regional cooking, environmentalist and local representative of Tibetan people. EURONEWS talk to the photographer who takes the name of United Press Photo to the four corners of the world.

Carlos Sousa is moving in several areas of his art. He lives divided between Portugal, Brazil and New York but running the world. As part photographic, joined to photojournalism and is currently, frequent collaborator of several newspapers and magazines regional, national and foreign. Another of his hobbies is the music that allies with the work, professional activity that gives a special photograph. “When the concerts reach a large audience, as was recently the former ex-DOORS integrated in the events of Allgarve or Tiesto and David Guetta I prefer staying in the middle of the crowd and feel the feeling of the moment, when I take the photographs”, confessed , With an enthusiastic smile. The first work that has been as professional photographer activities of radicals such as Salir TT and TransAlgarve, still works with various associations such as Zonaventura | www.zonaventura.org

Also gone, recently, by a more commercial area, the disclosure of associations, ong’s, and related the Internet, and has even created a department within the United Press Photo Sites For All | www.sitesforall.org which is the micro websites and puts on the air in 24 hrs. ‘It was a crucial stage of my life the creation of the SFA, I was already environmentalist and always had a relationship with the very noble causes and humanitarian associations, because we have created micro websites by the outside world was through one I received an email " fantastic "… reached immediately to request from the organization of Dalai Lama’s creation of a micro website in the Portuguese language and explicit photos with the suffering Tibetan, I know the more closely the Tibetan cause and I wish that everyone in some way understand, at least ethically what is at stake in the demonstrations against the Chinese in Tibet … then I was invited to be local representative, who hold post until today”. said excited on the Free Tibet Portugal | www.freetibetportugal.com

As told to our newspaper, the passion for photography came too early, but there are only about 12 years is that really took shape the party having made several professional courses and workshops slightly throughout the world. Technical developments has been achieved through various courses and workshops, but also of research done on a personal basis. ‘Where there are workshops aimed at areas that I like I try them, either in Portugal or in New York ", assured.On these occasions, and learn more about the art that is dedicated, would also meet local ’not for tourist places’ and people, because communication is a strong ability to relations of Carlos Sousa.

"Since child who liked to shoot, still have a machine that was from my maternal grandfather and my memories of childhood and adolescent, took many pictures with it, is a Kodak Junior I, constructed in 1950 in England and uses a film 620, by that seems incredible today to use for some specific work, there is not anything like that, nor my Canon Mark III ’account, laughing.

“At the beginning my photos are more faces, with friends, and girlfriends, the faces with the environments in the back, but what seduces me photojournalism is completely pure and simple, yet I go to an area of war, have been by a thread my way to Georgia in the latter conflict …», Said. Carlos Sousa living with enthusiasm for the world of photography, trying to overcome himself every day. "I love that people of means who live daily with journalistic comment on my work, saying what they think is wrong and what is right, always liked the criticism provided it is constructive”, revealed. For years, maintains presence on the site ‘OLHARES’, www.olhares.com/bykynys an online community of photographers. Here, rises the name of BYKYNYS IN NEW YORK had much feedback regarding other types of photographic work, which enabled it to evolve in the area of digital photography abstract. ’I was influenced by friends to hold my hand more rebellious and I went back to digital photography with the abstract component of colors and features irreverent, which mark the departure for a future exposure, work to expose I have already missing only with local conditions necessary for such …».

Being a man of many projects, the manager of the photographic agency United Press Photo | www.unitedphotopress.com which is also associated photographers and journalists in Brazil, Carlos Sousa always wishes to announce that ’it is an agency where are the photographers and journalists associated in Europe and Brazil, who decide the directions and guidelines of the work to be done, only the fact that use our name is already a security of professionalism, because the more members we have will be our best offer to the customer and therefore covered most areas of action, though all go through a rigorous process of training so that all criteria are applied …», initial concerns with air of duty accomplished.

At the time of listing some of his ideas for the future as the exhibition of digital photography abstract that previously mentioned, the photographer who also has a hand in regional cooking states that “These activities are increasingly forgotten. I would like to photograph the traditional dishes made on the spot "in loco”, I, as well as a large part of people like to know how are true, and the record from the preparation to the table ", he said. "I have always been passionate about their regional cooking, took up a course. Because some of my work is therefore linked to cook ", confessed.