Macau-based Portuguese Photographer, António Duarte Mil-Homens is presenting his debut painting exhibition "Monochrome" at Casa Gardens until July 31.
Antonio explains, "A project postponed for decades, Painting finally joins Photography and Writing as a form of expression. Times of crisis become times of decision.
The title of the exhibition results from the aesthetic option of not using color. Black and white, with all possible range of gray in between, will be characteristic of my creativity in this area."
Antonio will also make a presentation of his book "Macao Poemgraphy", edited by the Cultural Institute of Macaum this Saturday, July 11 2020, 4pm, at the Casa Garden Gallery, where his Painting Exhibition "MONOCHROME" is on display. The presentation will be made by Ambassador Carlos Frota.
Macau resident António Duarte Mil-Homens was born in Lisbon on October 9, 1949.
Essentially self-taught, started with Photography on a regular basis in 1974. Holds qualifications from the Portuguese Association of Photographic Art and attended a number of photographic workshops.
In 1984 he became a publicity photographer, working for various agencies and companies including food producers, cosmetics, textile, automobile, telecommunications, glass and crystal manufacturers, as well as official departments, doing studio photography, industrial, landscape, reportage, aerial and scientific photography.
From June 1987 to January 2005, he also worked as a photographer in the Institute for Advanced Agronomy Studies in Lisbon, capturing photo and video images for teaching support and investigation, with thousands of images published on thesis and communications in Portugal and overseas.
Has held 22 individual photographic exhibitions in Portugal and Macau and participated in 27 collective exhibitions (Portugal, France, Russia, China and Macau).
Honoured at a number of photography competitions, he was also a Jury member in a few ones.
On the invitation of student’s associations and other institutions, such as the House of Portugal in Macau, he organized and taught, since 1989, 51 photography courses, along with short photography workshops.
His work has been published in dozens of books.
Writing, essentially Poetry, is another area that gains expression in its creative activity. To date published “Life or Death of an Announced Hope”, Macau 2010 – Author edition; “Universália”, 2019 – Temas Originais, Coimbra; “Poemografia de Macau”, 2019 (Portuguese, Chinese and English) – Instituto Cultural de Macau.
And finally, Painting, the desire of many decades, that these times of having time have triggered the beginning.
