© Rui Assubuji self-portrait
Rui Assubuji
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"The force and energy of African culture, its movements and mysteries, are a stimulant to the imagination, to the happiness of living and being a participing witness to life in this part of the globe." Rui Assubuji |
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Rui (Carlos de Noronha) Assubuji was born the son of a civil servant in 1964 on the Island of Ibo in the Querimbas Archipelago, in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. In 1985 he was employed as a camera assistant at TVE (now TVM), and by 1986 he was working as a camera operator there. In 1987 he completed a course in photography at CFF, directed by Ricardo Rangel. He returned to TVE in 1988 to shoot for news and documentaries, and later for advertising and marketing. In 1990 he worked for video and photographic production houses in Italy, the gallery 'Il Diafragma', and 'Photo Practica' magazine. In 1992 he returned to Maputo to work as a freelance camera operator and photographer. In 1997 he worked as a news cameraman for RTP in Maputo. He lives, works and studies in Maputo. |
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