I'm a Swiss-Portuguese photographer and digital artist based in London, with a lifelong fascination for illusionism and magic tricks. Inspired by the Surrealists and the boundless potential of photography, I've always enjoyed experimenting with visual storytelling. Discovering Adobe Photoshop was a turning point, enabling me to blend my photos with my imagination—and, more recently, with generative AI. My motto is to 'make the ordinary extraordinary,' transforming everyday moments into something special and thought-provoking.

Selected press: Prompt Magazine #11 (2024); Chasseur d'Images Magazine #431 (2021); PetaPixel "Artist Combines Like Objects into Surreal Photomanipulations" (2021); Cultura Inquieta "Monica Carvalho Yuxtapone Imágenes Creando Mundos Imposibles" (2019); CBS Miami "Blended Photos Make Trippy Art" (2018); Insider "This Artist Combines Self-Portraits With Travel Pictures To Create Stunning 'Bodyscape' Illusions" (2018); Fubiz "Monica Carvalho's Surrealistic Photo Montages" (2018).

Exhibitions: “Inverted Landscapes” (Sprout Arts Gallery, London, 2015); “Funky Nature” (The Ballery, Berlin, 2018); “A Matter Of Taste” (Wälderhaus, Hamburg, 2018); “The Ordinary Extraordinary” (Museum of Optical Illusions, Seville, 2022).

Talks: "Challenging Visual Perceptions: How I Create New Realities With Photoshop" (Making Design Adobe Conference, Oslo, 2019).

Partial client list: Adobe, Apple, Columbia Sportswear, Google, Nike, Samsung.