Kraków, Poland
$250 - $1000 / Day
Omar Marques is a Portuguese freelance photojournalist from northwest Portugal based in Krakow, Poland. He works as a stringer for Getty Images, Anadolu Agency and collaborates with magazines on editorial and commercial assignments between Central/Eastern Europe and Balkans. In addition to providing news coverage around Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, he works on personal long-term projects. Omar’s photographs have been published in The Times, The New York Times, Stern Magazine, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Paris Match, Le Point, Newsweek Poland, Peninsula Qatar, La Croix, among others. He has presented his work during photography workshops and summer schools, including those organised by the Europaeum network based in Oxford, Jagiellonian University in Poland, and Sofia University in Bulgaria. As Omar is always on the run and suffers from the chronic decease “press the shutter”, he looks forward to establishing cooperation, partnerships, and exploring the wildest places on the planet.
Produced for Los Angeles Times
Editorial photo assignment for LA TImes. reportage and photo session with Presidential Candidate, Robert Biedron in Krakow
Editorial assignment for the cover story in Gdansk, Poland
Produced for POLITICO Europe
We're working on a series covering the future of housing in Europe. As part of this, we'd like to take a look back at what was once meant to be the future of housing — and see how the government of the time conceived a city of the future. Built as a utopian ideal city, its street hierarchy, layout and certain grandeur of buildings often resemble Paris or London. The high abundance of parks and gr
Produced for Getty Images
Coverage of campaign elections and election day for Parliament in Poland
Hopes and Fears on the Balkan Refugee Route is photo reportage combined with text, which tells the personal stories of three refugees/migrants stuck in Subotica, a Serbian city located 15 km South from the Serbian Hungarian border.
Produced for Getty Images
Three years ago, a breakthrough in the conservative breeding of Palawan hornbills took place at the Wrocław zoo. The first chick in the zoo was hatched. This year the chick has been born again and it is the fourth toddler born. Palawan hornbills are one of the least known bird species and one of the most endangered. It is believed that they have no chance of surviving the next 10 years in the wild
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