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Carlos Trancoso

Nominated in
2022
By
Bienal Fotografia do Porto
Lives and Works in
Porto
Carlos Trancoso, a portuguese visual artist based in Porto, uses the photographic gaze in a critical perspective on the way the human being relates to technology. His work aims to challenge established patterns of both interaction and creation of images in contemporary society. Although he uses fictional approaches, his work intermingles with a documental photography language, creating cameraless images, mixed media and computer generated images. He is a founding member of Barda collective, which utilizes visual arts to foster social cohesion. He has exhibited at festivals such as Photoalicante, Backlight (2020), Photo Open Up, f/est Amarante (2022), Athens Digital Arts Festival (2023), Bienal da Maia (2021/2023) and Bienal de Fotografia do Porto (2025) . His works have also been exhibited in spaces such as Galeria FFAC, Galeria Dentro and MIRA FORUM in Porto, Casa do Capitão and XYZ Books in Lisbon and El Local in Madrid.
Projects
2022

How to build a telescope

‘How to Build a Telescope´ is constructed around a found book and set in a small and isolated village where creativity and invention find its maximum expression of freedom. The project addresses the importance of reshaping the future of technology against mass production, proposing a reconnection between user, creator, and creations. The title, directly translated from the found book, embodies the concept of a specific type of technology (a telescope) that is originally designed to be used outside noisy urban areas. The idea of building an amateur telescope evokes the juxtaposition between cosmos and mundane life. This project was selected to produce a unique photobook and a custom-made digital platform by the transnational european project Intergalactica.
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Carlos Trancoso
was nominated by
Bienal Fotografia do Porto
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2022
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Each year every member of the FUTURES European Photography Platform nominates a set of artists and projects to become part of the FUTURES network.

Since 2015, young Portuguese photographer and storyteller Maria João Salgado has focused primarily on documentary photography, developing projects on human rights and alternative living communities. Recently, her work has taken on an increasingly artistic approach, incorporating personal themes for the first time.

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Carlos Trancoso lives and works in Porto. His work uses photography as a means to explore the way humans relate to technology, combining fictional and documentary approaches in a compelling photographic language.

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Born on the island of Madeira, Nuno Serrão is a photographer and filmmaker whose work is informed by dialogues between science and contemporary art. We hope that his participation in FUTURES will further strengthen his aesthetic approach and critical outlook across future projects.

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Sviatlana Stankevich is a Belarusian photographer working with documentary and conceptual photography. Her work focuses on cultures of remembrance and history, with projects covering everything from mass shootings by Soviet authorities to the Chernobyl disaster.

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Emergent Ukrainian photographer Xenia Petrovska is based in Kyiv. Her works are rooted in the mysterious and surreal realities, however there are some indirect social contexts. Through FUTURES, we believe Petrovska can build upon the conceptual bases of her projects.

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