This body of work, Herdado (Portuguese for “inherited”), exists in the space between memory and identity where what is passed down, seen or unseen, continues to shape who we are and how we look at the world outside of Portugal.

It is not only about what we inherit materially, but what we carry emotionally, culturally, and silently. Fragments of history, gestures, places, and feelings that live within us long after their origin has been forgotten.

These images are not answers, but traces of questions for those who still honour their roots even while being far from home. A quiet dialogue between presence and distance, belonging and estrangement, and the subtle tension of recognizing yourself in things you cannot fully explain. Each frame holds something familiar, as if it was always there waiting to be remembered rather than discovered.

Herdado is not a conclusion, but an invitation to slow down, to look closer, and to complete the work through your own inheritance of memory, experience, and feeling.