I'm a documentary family and wedding photographer based near Lisbon, Portugal, and I have a special passion for capturing the beauty of everyday life, even in its most chaotic moments.

I changed my life from civil engineering to photography when my daughter Clara was born in 2012. Then, I decided to professionally embrace an old passion: family photography.

I love to tell the small stories that emerge from the family's everyday dynamic and I'm always in search of the less obvious beauty of real life, capturing what makes each family unique.

In recent years, all my dreams came true: I talked at the WAY UP NORTH conference twice, in Prague’23 and Berlin’25, was named Europe Canon Ambassador and finally won first place - Photographer of the Year in the TIRFamily platform.

Canon EUROPE Ambassador

A woman sitting on the armrest of a sofa in a bright, minimal room, smiling at the camera.

ABOUT MARISA

Award badge for 2023 Photographer of the Year by This is Reportage Family, with a black background and white and grey text.

Intro video of Marisa’s keynote speech at Way Up North in Berlin in April 2025, with Canon Europe. Captured by Rui Ventura @rventura22 and beautifully edited by Marq Riley @marq__riley

LET’S TALK