After studying Visual Communication Jose Lopes Amaral started his first Photojournalistic experience in 2009 with a small Newspaper dedicated to the Portuguese community in Luxembourg. But he really started diving into Photojournalism and Documentary Photography more seriously in 2013 after moving to Asia.

This is the moment when Jose discovered Street Photography and started documenting life in Taiwan.

In 2016 while working as a Freelance Photographer for different news Agencies Jose Lopes Amaral discovered Video journalism and has been working since as a freelance Videojournalist for News Agencies like Anadolu Agency, A24, Ruptly Tv, AlaNews, and other news outlets.

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His photojournalistic work is published in Die Welt, The Times, L'Express, Asia Times, MediaPart, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, DeLand, Chicago Tribune, Le Journal du Dimanche, and other News media around the World.

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Today, Jose Lopes Amaral focuses mostly on documentary projects that he cares for. Documenting Human rights issues, social issues, unrest, animal rights, environmental issues, and natural catastrophes.

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He is the author of the books "Hong Kong, In the name of democracy" ISBN: 978-2-9199676-0-5 and "The Taiwanese Experience" ISBN: 9781367531451. 

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