Maria Lopes, Luanda 1976. Landscape architect and Photographer. Currently living and working in Lisbon, Portugal.

Between 1995 and 2002 holds her degree in Landscape Architecture at Évora University (Portugal) and attended the Erasmus program, in 2000, at the University of Wageningen (The Netherlands). In 2012 concludes the Advanced Course of Photography at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual (Lisbon, Portugal) under the supervision of Sérgio Mah e Pedro Tropa.

She was a founder, in 2010, of the Lisbon Photobook Fair, and since then has collaborated in the organization of the event, specifically in boosting the exhibition of Dummies and Artist´s Books. During 2013/2014 school year she was assistant at Ar.Co's Photography Department and more recently (2017) was tutor of the workshop “Books and Other Editions” in the same department.

She is the author Caderno Galho, a trade of handmade notebooks inspired by artist books.