Fernando Lemos

José Fernandes Lemos was born on 3 May 1926 in Lisbon, and died on 17 December 2019, in São Paulo. He was a photographer, illustrator, poet, designer, teacher and artistic director of several cultural institutions. On a trip to Berlengas, in the company of Marcelino Vespeira, he began to paint with oil. Despite having joined the surrealist adventure (1949), he left Portugal in opposition to the Salazar regime and settled in São Paulo (Brazil).
His photographic activity left a mark worthy of mention, particularly on the history of Surrealism and photography. In 2001 he was awarded the National Photography Prize. His work reveals his mastery in the use of the camera and the images captured by the lens take us back more than 50 years and transport us to the esthetic imagery of surrealist photography.