Hi loves. I’m Nia.

I am so happy you’re here.

Rather than giving you a polished bio, I wanted to share something a little more honest. ​Think of this as a storybook of your photographer.

This you already know: I am a documentary wedding photographer based in Sintra, just outside Lisbon, travelling often and drawn to weddings wherever they unfold.

What you may not know is that I was born in Portugal but grew up in Angola (I’ve dual citizenship) and learned early what it means to live between countries, cultures and landscapes

At twenty years old, I moved to the United States chasing a path that turned out not to be mine. But I travelled, lived entire versions of myself… and somehow, I have no photographs from that time. So much life, barely any proof. I’ve studied in more than twelve schools (college included) and crossed paths with an absurd number of people throughout my life. Some stayed, some left, some changed me forever. Many of those memories exist only in my mind now, especially from the years before everything was documented and backing up was a thing.

That’s why photography matters so deeply to me.
Not as content, but as memory. As something you can return to when it all fades.

I take photographs because life is worth remembering.