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STArTEr homE, António Manuel de Matos Ferreira da Maia, was born on August 21, 1962 in Oporto, in a family linked to teaching. Lived in Aveiro where he completed his academic trek. In the 80’s starts a journey in the pharmaceutical industry that ends in 2010. ChALLENgES, New times, new direction. Recovery time of an unhurried extended look that’s his light motif! The camera had been seized in the «customs» of life, rescued and always with him. For him photography means passion and it’s a real catalyst for urban diseases. IDENTITy, Contemplate without the haste of desire, or treat to continue populating the thirsty mind with reflected poetry, writing warm memories much beyond any barrier which silences the voice of the color of the scenarios, as an emotional translation of the amalgam of words left unsaid and «frames» that gravitate by times in daydreams. Walking by thought, lulled by the murmur of the inspirational elements rediscovers how rewarding and enriching it is to deprive with those off the mole of the amorphous and indifferent ones. In the pure delight of discovering, maintains the sensitivity look craving simple life, suggesting a memory of the future. Reflections of an evasion, rather than just focusing on the stage, the horizon were also the people and in searching for an identity look. He divides his attention between the two cities, landmarks on his life journey, Oporto and Aveiro. He is not a photographer, considers himself a sorcerer’s apprentice with a passion for photography, trying to shoot through the heart and awakening emotions. Finds out in minimalism a focus of interest that propelled him to the realization and production of his first multimedia work, titled «The Simple... the Most!» – Posted on Youtube. Social networking represents a vehicle for disseminating and sharing of sensibilities, so he creates a photography page on Facebook – like a scream of living in the lap of a freedom guise of provocation and sensory appeal through symbiosis between word, image, and also in some cases music .