Nelson Marmelo is a specialist doctor / Medical Imaging, (Former Assistant Étranger des Hôpitaux de Paris). He has long dedicated himself to photography and visual arts. He has a master's degree in artistic photography from IPCI and attended workshops with Juan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Javier Vallonrat and David Jiménez. He exhibited individually in Porto, Paris and Arles (Voies Off) and participated in several group exhibitions. He participated in the 3rd and 4th Gaia International Art Biennial and the Bienal d’ArtVEZ and also in Involuntary Mexico (CDMX, Mexico) and Wall Community (Hungary). He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Diafragma Festival, Covilhã | International Photo Festival.