A crocodile{ }glides slowly{ }through blue water{ }its scaled back{ }breaking the stillness{ }one ripple{ }at a time.
{ Studio }
Lacross is a two-person picture studio in Porto. We look for the small part of an image that carries the whole thing, lift it out, and build the page, the book or the wall around what is left.
Most pictures are asked to say too much. We work with photographers, publishers and a few patient brands to decide what a picture is actually about, and then we get everything else out of its way.
- Since
- 2019, Rua do Almada
- People
- Two, and one light table
- Taking on
- Projects from March 2027
{ Practice }
Six things we do, filed under the six pieces we took.
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Picture editing
No. 1
From four thousand frames to the forty that hold. We edit on paper, on a table, slowly.
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Cropping and reframing
No. 2
The same negative, read again. New formats for covers, posters and screens without losing the picture.
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Sequencing
No. 3
Order, pairs and pauses for books, portfolios and exhibitions. Which picture follows which, and why.
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Art direction
No. 4
Briefs, shot lists and a second pair of eyes on set, for campaigns that should look like nobody tried.
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Print production
No. 5
Proofing, paper and press checks with two printers we trust, in editions from one to three thousand.
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Archive care
No. 6
Scanning, naming and keeping. We put old boxes in an order someone else can find their way through.
{ Work }
A short list, most recent first.
- 2026 Ninety Kites Museu do Vento Picture edit, book
- 2025 Low Season Ferro Hotels Art direction
- 2025 Salt Calendar Atlântica Press Sequencing, print
- 2024 Field Notes on Blue Okra Paints Campaign stills
- 2024 The Long Lunch Mesa magazine Picture edit
- 2023 Every Roof in Miragaia Inês Calado Archive, exhibition
Have a picture{ }with a little too much{ }in it? Send it over.
We answer within two working days.