José Fernandes is a Portuguese photographer who lives in New Orleans.
José Fernandes was born in Angola in 1959 and grew up in Portugal. After studying economics in New Orleans, where he lived for 28 years, he worked as a stockbroker and a door-to-door furniture salesman. He took up photography in the 1990s, and after experiencing the effects of Hurricane Katrina first-hand, he began to focus more on social issues. His work has been published in international magazines such as DAMn°, Tribe, Travel and Leisure, and Condé Nast, and he has collaborated on several books, including Lusobelgae. He is currently working on a book about Cova da Moura, Portugal's first clandestine African neighbourhood, where he lived for two months.
