Rui Sampaio de Faria

Rui Sampaio is Portuguese-born and lived his early life in Mozambique, Africa. All his working life has been a creative journey to materialize visions into physical products. Objectifying ideas is Sampaio’s pre-set mode and has been the ultimate drive for his unremitting innovation.

From a young age he was already exploring the wonders of medium-format film. After a long hiatus, his maturation has become the subjectivity of his photography. Throughout more than 10 years of wandering the urban streets of Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe, he has been mesmerized by the immense diversity of the city crowds. Evolving in a fascination for the simple beauty offered by its people.

Sampaio’s photographs spark the viewer to seek the stories that lie within and echo with one’s enthusiasm to wonder. As he often says, “I love people, and their kindness takes me into a relentless state of marvel and enchantment. There is always someone in it. I fall in love 1000 times a year.”

Sampaio first exhibited his work at the 2020 Taipei International Photography Festival, invited by the curator and friend Tsai Wen-Hsiang (蔡文祥).

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