At the age of 14 Queta Tavares moved with his family to Lisbon, where he remained for the next 10 years. It was there that his creative side began to flourish, beginning with the purchase of a simple camera, taking self-portraits at home and eventually leading to a deep passion for photography.
In 2016 he moved to London, where he was discovered in a Shoreditch shop by the British photographer David Cantor, who became mesmerised by his outfit and red hat and asked to take his portrait. That same photograph went on to win the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, one of the most prestigious photographic awards in the world, having been presented at the National Portrait Gallery and in many other locations in London.
