Luís Ramos was born in Lisboa, Portugal, where he studied photography at AR.CO, School of Visual Arts and cinema at Escola Superior de Cinema.

For many years he made his career in the leading Portuguese newspapers as photojournalist and photo editor. He travelled in assignment all over the world and has been distinguished with two Fuji Europress Photo Awards (Copenhaga, 2000 and Roma, 2004), several Visão Photo Awards (Lisboa, 2002, 2004, 2005 e 2006) and the Transversalidades 2021 Award

From 2006 he became an independent photographer.

Main solo exhibitions:

“South Bank”, Culture House of Setúbal and João Paulo Cotrim Gallery, January/March2024.
“Loneliness”, Turbina Cultural Center in Budapest, part of the Budapest Photo Festival, March/April 2022
”Dual Reality - Lisbon Revisited”, Sta. Maria Maior Gallery, part of the Imago Lisboa Photo Festival, October/December 2020
“Remember”, Belém Cultural Centre, July/September 2019.
“Muses, Animals and Other Extraordinary Beings”, Trafaria Old Prison, June/October 2017
“It Takes Two to Tango”, Almada Municipal Art Gallery, April/July 2016
"Layers", Faro Theatre, January/April 2015
"Time Lapse", Brazil Culture House in Brussels, January/February 2014
"Time Lapse", D. Luiz I Foundation in Cascais, April/June 2011
"Time Lapse", Tavira Municipal Museum, January/April 2011

His works have also been shown in several group exhibitions in Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Denmark.
He also gave his contribution as an author for many books and more recently edited the photobook “Loneliness”, Lisbon, December 2023.
He is represented in several art collections such as Belém Cultural Centre, EDP Foundation, D. Luís I Foundation, Tavira City Council, Faro City Council and Almada Contemporary Art Centre.