Augusto Cabrita
| Augusto Cabrita | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 16, 1923 Barreiro, Portugal |
| Died | February 1, 1993 (aged 69) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Photographer, cinematographer, filmmaker. |
Augusto Cabrita (1923–1993) was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal.
He did many different works as a photographer, including the covers of albums by musicians like Amália Rodrigues, Carlos Paredes, Luís Goes and Simone de Oliveira. He did also several short film documentaries and was the cinematographer of Belarmino (1964), by Fernando Lopes, one of the first and most important films of the Portuguese Cinema Novo (New Cinema).
He was the photographer of several books about Portuguese patrimony, on subjects like cuisine, Portuguese religious architecture, castles and natural parks and reservations.
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