Armando Ribeiro was born in Luanda, Angola in 1976.

After finishing a BA Hons. Communication Studies and Journalism by the Instituto Politecnico de Setubal – Portugal in 1998, he started is career at LUSA – Portuguese News Agency. He worked in digitisation and data base of historical photographic archives and for several media outlets prior to become a freelance photographer/photo editor in 2001.

He’s currently based in London, UK.

Working mainly in reportage and documentary photography, Armando's work covers environmental, social and human related issues.

Armando has published works and exhibited in several countries across Europe, and he is experienced in both digital and analogical photography.