Helena Corrêa De Barros

Place: Lisbon

Born: 1910

Death: 2000

Biography:

Helena Corrêa de Barros (25 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Portuguese amateur photographer. She was born in Lisbon, Portugal to a businessman father and his wife. Helena married Eduardo Corrêa de Barros and had four children. She started photographing at the age of 14 in 1924 and participated in exhibitions and photo-competitions in Portugal and abroad, receiving some awards. Her photography themes included country and maritime landscapes, rural and urban life, as well as abstract images, family photographs, and travel. Helena used color slides, specifically Kodachrome, from 1947 to 1999. In 2003, her family donated her collection to Lisbon's City Hall.