Available for commissions from October 2026
Stories shaped by the wind. Documentary photography by Makani.
About Makani
I spend weeks, not hours, in the places I photograph — and keep coming back to the same people for years. The result is work that feels lived in, never staged.
12
Years on assignment
40+
Long-form stories
18
Countries
3
Photobooks
Selected work
Six stories from the last four years — told slowly, mostly in black and white.
01
Long Shadows
Lisbon · 2025
03
Tram Lines
Lisbon · 2024
05
Rooms with Light
Hebrides · 2022
02
Salt & Wind
Nazaré · 2025
04
Neighbours
Alfama · 2023
06
Island Roads
Madeira · 2023
From the field
“You came back every Sunday for a year. By the end, you were one of the neighbours.”
Dona Rosa, 84 — from the series “Neighbours”
Forty portraits of the people who have lived in Alfama longer than anyone can remember — made over fifty-two Sundays.
Index
Every series since 2016 — personal projects, assignments and books.
2026
Following the wind
Lisbon to the Sahara
Personal
2025
Long Shadows
Lisbon
Editorial
2025
Salt & Wind
Nazaré
Commission
2024
Way Out
Porto
Personal
2023
Neighbours
Alfama
Editorial
2023
Island Roads
Madeira
Photobook
2019
Night Ferry
Azores
Editorial
Commissions
Booking editorial, brand and portrait work from October 2026 — in Portugal and abroad.
01
Editorial
Features and long-form stories for magazines, newspapers and NGOs — from research and access to the final sequence.
Assignments · Worldwide
02
Brand
Honest imagery for brands with a sense of place: hospitality, outdoor, craft and food. On location, in natural light.
Campaigns · Lookbooks
03
Portraits
Environmental portraits of founders, artists and teams — at work, at home or outdoors, never in a studio.
Half day · Full day
Print shop
Limited prints, signed and numbered.
Twelve photographs from “Following the wind”, printed on cotton paper in editions of twenty-five.
From €180 · Ships worldwide
Journal
Field notes, behind-the-scenes stories and the occasional essay.
Commissions, prints and collaborations
Lisbon, Portugal · Working worldwide