In all my work appears reflected steadily, the “search for identity”. An identification number encodes our identity to the whole society. This number accompanies us throughout life, maintaining a constant in their abstract logic, despite the experiences, changes and transformations we undergo. Already the work, operated by each, is, however, confined to an inner circle, but it is much more revealing of the identity of the individual, transcending largely objective information that can be accessed through a numerical code.
Ironically, little or no sense of parallelism that may exist in these two ways of identifying the person was born the idea of giving the title of this work 123 90 948. On one hand, this is a personal identification number and, secondly, also becomes marked “symbolic” of the work produced by me.
If this numeric identifier never forsake me, I am sure that my photographs also accompany me forever, as they represent the most important part of my identity.
David Infante was born in Angoulême (France) in 1982. Between 2003 and 2005 he attended various programs in the area of graphic design and graduated from the Portuguese Institute of Photography. He has a degree in Visual Arts variant Multimedia University of Évora in 2012 and concludes the Graduate Photography, Project Contemporary Art by IPA. He began his professional career in 2004 as assistant to the photographer José Manuel Rodrigues.
Held several exhibitions, including most importantly the individual “Light of the South” in Gallery 21 (Évora, 2004), “In Bloom Skin” in Portuguese Center of Photography (Porto, 2007), “Score two tone” in Kameraphoto (Lisbon, 2010) and 12390948 in Modulo (Lisboa 2012). Of collective exhibitions in which he participated, highlights: “Portraits, Physiognomies Celebrity” at the Congress Centre in Lisbon (2007), “Bes Revelation 2008” at the Museum of Serralves (Porto). He was awarded with the Pedro Miguel Frade (2006) in 2007 is one of the finalists of “Young Creators” in 2008 and was the winner of “Bes Revelation” (BES / Serralves Foundation). Since 2006 collaborates with various publications and national institutions. Lives and works in Évora/Lisboa
Weekend portfolio selected by W.M Hunt
