same jacket, every shoot.
I'm a photographer and art director based in Lisbon. For ten years I've shot people for magazines, record labels and brands that would rather look honest than perfect.
Most of my work happens before I press anything: watching how someone stands, what they do with their hands, the second they forget I'm there.
Name
Noa Vidal
Based
Lisbon, travels to EU and UK
Shoots
35mm and 6×7, black and white
Since
2014
Speaks
Portuguese, English, Spanish
I arrive early and leave the camera in the bag. The first half hour is for learning how the room moves and who looks at whom.
No posing, no "one more". I keep the shutter half-pressed until people stop performing, and then I take one frame, maybe two.
this is the whole job.
Every roll gets a contact sheet and a grease pencil. Most frames are crossed out. The ones I circle are the ones you see here.
only 1 in 36 makes it.
01
Nikon FM2, 50mm f/1.8
01
Leica M6, 35mm Summicron
20
Rolls of Kodak Tri-X 400
01
Light meter, rarely used
Red grease pencil
2026
Night Shift
Editorial
2025
Quiet Hands
Book
2025
New Portraits
Exhibition
2024
Sunday League
Campaign
2023
The Forest Tapes
Exhibition