Augusto Cabrita

Portuguese film director and photographer (1923-1993)

Augusto Cabrita

Born	(1923-03-16)March 16, 1923 Barreiro, Portugal
Died	February 1, 1993(1993-02-01) (aged 69) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)	Photographer, cinematographer, filmmaker.

Augusto Cabrita (March 16, 1923 – February 1, 1993) was a Portuguese photographer, cinematographer and film director. He is best known as a leading name in photography in Portugal.

Career

Cabrita was a self-taught photographer. He worked as a photojournalist for the weekly O Século and their magazine O Século Ilustrado, from Lisbon. He also did the covers of albums by musicians like Amália Rodrigues, Carlos Paredes, Luís Goes and Simone de Oliveira. He directed many short film documentaries and was the cinematographer of Belarmino (1964), by Fernando Lopes, one of the first and most important films of the Portuguese Cinema Novo (New Cinema).

He was the photographer of several books about Portuguese patrimony, on subjects like cuisine, Portuguese religious architecture, castles and natural parks and reservations.^[1]

Cabrita name was given to a secondary school and to the municipal auditorium in his home city of Barreiro.

Filmography

Short films

(selection)

Improviso Sobre o Algarve (1960)
Macau (1961)
Viana e o Seu Termo (1969)
Na Corrente (1970)
A Viagem (1970)
O Mar Transporta a Cidade (1977)
Uma História de Comboios - Uma Viagem de Hans-Christian Andersen (1978)
Lisboa (1979)
Açores, Ilhas do Atlântico (1979)

Books

50 Anos da CUF no Barreiro (1958-1959)
Portugal, Um País que Importa Conhecer (1972)
Cozinha Tradicional Portuguesa (1982), by Maria de Lurdes Modesto, with António Homem Cardoso
"New You Rhapsody"(1983) with Guta de Carvalho
As Mais Belas Vilas e Aldeias de Portugal (1984), by Júlio Gil
Os Mais Belos Castelos e Fortalezas de Portugal (1986), by Júlio Gil
Parques e Reservas Naturais de Portugal (1990), by Pedro de Castro Henriques, with additional photography by Rui Cunha
Amália: Uma Estranha Forma de Vida (1992), by Vítor Pavão dos Santos
Os Mais Belos Rios de Portugal (1994), by João Conde Veiga