Rita Carmo

Rita Carmo (born Leiria, 1970) is a Portuguese portrait and concert photographer and photojournalist known for her work in the musical area. She is a resident photographer at Blitz Magazine since 1992, as well as a collaborator at various national publications such as Expresso and Forbes Portugal, and her photography work has been published in several international magazines around the world.

She has published two book albums of her photographic work, ''Altas-Luzes'' (2003) and ''Bandas Sonoras — 100 Retratos na Música Portuguesa'' (2013), as well as collaborating in other published books such as with Blitz magazine, Xutos e Pontapés, The Gift and Sérgio Godinho.

Adjacent to her photography work, she is also a graphic designer, photography instructor, music video director and regularly exhibits her work in both solo and collaborative exhibitions. Aside from her jury work in multiple editions of photography competitions, she was also one of the six juries in Festival da Canção 2021, the live broadcast national music festival for selecting the entry that represents Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest.

She received the Região de Leiria's Afonso Lopes Vieira Professional Merit Award in 2019, and in 2023, APORFEST awarded her the Women in Music Industry Award.

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