A graduate in Physical Education he also became involved with performing arts such as acting, dancing e pantomime. Fernando acted in Brazilian films and participated in theatre and circus performances.

     In Lisbon, he acquired large experience working as a photographer and photography editor for several magazines. Nowadays Barberá is a correspondent for various publications such as the Argentinean newspaper O Clarin and the Brazilian publications O Globo and Caras magazine.

     Fernando Barberá was amongst the participants of the photographic exhibition Brazilian Faces ( Galery 32 ) and had his material screened in film festivals in Porto Alegre, Brazil and London.
He also contributes with several independent cultural projects such as magazines and short film making among others.

     Fernando Barberá’s work transforms the camera into a dynamic extension of the body and its nuances. His many different experiences give him the ability to always approach and explore the subject in a new and thus richer perspective, which can be easily noticed as in scenes of the School of Samba Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro as in his photographic documentary of street dancers in London.