© Martinho Fernando, self-portrait
Fernando Manuel, September 2001
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"Life is a detail. / Life is in the details. There is nothing big that is made of big things. Everything that is big is the result of the communion of various small things. / Small and beautiful, small and ugly, small and sweet, happiness made. Studying is hard, because the professor never has sufficient time to dedicate to us, or the care our mother gives us. / But it's necessary: / working to sustain the family only gives pleasure because you see the face of the family shining with happiness when the house is warm and cosy. / Life is made up of details. / Everything that is big comes from the small, a smile, a signal, a phrase, a look... / Even the baobob can flesh out the body of Maria, the mother of the church. / Life is in the details, believe it." Fernando Manuel, September 2001 |
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Martinho Fernando was born in 1956 in Malehice, Chibuto district, in Gaza province, southern Mozambique. He never knew his father. At thirteen he moved to LM to stay with his extended family and continue his studies up to the second year in chemistry in the Industrial School. In 1973 he started work in the photographic section of the 'Golo Produções' advertising agency. From 1974 to 1984 he worked at the 'Direcção Nacional de Propaganda e Publicidade', part of Mozambique's then Ministry of Information. In 1985 he was admitted as a student at CFF, and in 1987 he won a scholarship to study photography in Italy. He is assistant director, photographer and Cibachrome printer at CDFF. He lives and works in Maputo. |
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