José Sarmento Matos

Last updated: September 16, 2025
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The Portuguese, London-based documentary photographer and film maker focuses on long-term storytelling dealing with topics such as identity, inequality, migration and the resilience of communities. In the last ten years, his work has appeared internationally is publications such as The New York TimesThe GuardianLe MondeThe New YorkerNewsweek and The Washington Post. He was chosen by Magnum Photos as one of the “30 under 30” photographers, for his Turning the Page project. His three-year project, Where Do I Belong? Abandoning the Venezuelan Dream, received the 2020 Estação Imagem Award.

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