Photograph series that shows the very strong emotions of some young football players (under 20 years) after being defeated at the U-20 Fifa World Cup in Canada.
Portuguese. Was born in Montereau, France, in 1981. Lives in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal.
Has initiated his journey as a Photography Student in Superior Artistic School at Porto (ESAP), but has quitted after a wile to become a Sports Photojournalist. Was a regular collaborator to the Daily National Sports Newspaper â??A Bolaâ??, to the already extinguished magazine â??Superfoot Magazineâ??, to the french magazine Football Pro Africa, and to the generalist Luxembourg newspaper â??La Voixâ??. He is the photographer of the portuguese soccer magazine â??Futebolistaâ?? and also collaborates with the american sports agency US Presswire. Besides Sports Photography, Hugo regularly works to the French agency Dalle, as a concert / music photographer.
Besides photojournalism, Hugo reviews himself and his work in a more rational and conceptual photography with doses of minimalist surrealism, normally in experimental black and white pictures.
Hugo Santos has already been internationally awarded in: Austria (Trierenberg), Paris (PX3) and USA (International Photography Awards). He is the founder and Director of XXV PHOTOS.
