Eduardo Gageiro

Gageiro had a worldwide exposure of his work when he photographed the events related to the Munich massacre that took place at the Olympic Games of 1972. He was also one of the main photographers of the events surrounding the Carnation Revolution in 1974, with Alfredo Cunha, such as the picture taken in the headquarters of the P.I.D.E. (Portugal's secret police), where he captured a young soldier unhanging a portrait of former dictator Salazar. Gageiro was also the official photographer during Ramalho Eanes Presidency.

As well as his photojournalist work, Gageiro has produced several photobooks, often in collaboration with important Portuguese writers. He worked on Gente (1971), with José Cardoso Pires (whose introduction provides one of the earliest and most acute appraisals of Gageiro's work), on Lisboa Operária (1994), with David Mourão-Ferreira and, on Olhares (1999), with António Lobo Antunes. His book Lisboa no Cais da Memória (2003) reproduces some of the key images from these works and can be seen as an anthology of his work about Lisbon.

He began his photojournalism career at Diário Ilustrado, later working for Vida Ribatejana, before joining weekly O Século in 1957. He later worked for Eva and also edited Sábado. He continues to work with various publications and press agencies, mainly the Portuguese Associated Press.

He received his first photographic prize in 1955. Since then he has gone on to win more than 300 prizes around the world. In 2005 he was awarded first prize at the 11th International Photography Exhibition in China, the world's biggest photography competition.

Eduardo Gageiro (born 16 February 1935 in Sacavém) is a Portuguese photographer and photojournalist.