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Rita Barros

Rita Barros

Photographer

Oct 9, 2026

3:42
Is it the creative you these days? Like, is it part of your creative process?
3:48
It's always been.
3:50
It's always been.
3:51
I did in for 15 years, the book basically titled 15 Years Chelsea Hotel, which was basically, I love the idea of having neighbors and meeting them and seeing how they live.
4:10
And so I got really fascinated with that idea that everybody had a different space.
4:17
And the spaces were, in most situations, very coherent with who the people living there were.
4:25
So it was not like the standard, you know, apartment.

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33:39
Was that always the case or did you evolve into spending more time there as your career matured and publishing there? Was it intentional, opportunistic? Talk to me a little bit about your personal and professional relationship with Portugal.

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