Description
About the photography:
A Tesoura (The Scissors), one of the most emblematic portraits of the Portuguese singer and composer António Variações (1944 – 1984), photographed in 1981 at his home by Teresa Couto Pinto during the photo shoot for the cover of his single É pr’amanhã.
The symbol of the scissors on the artist’s face became part of the logo used by Emi/Valentim de Carvalho music publishers on all of their albums. The scissors, Variações’s work tool as a hairdresser, form the initials of his name when opened.
Teresa Couto Pinto (Malange, Angola, 1955) was the agent, photographer and, above all, a friend of António Variações. In 2020 she published the cult photobook António Variações, which brings together rare and never-before-seen photographs of the man who would become one of the greatest icons of pop culture and music in Portugal.
