He began his career as a photojournalist at the Jornal Público in Lisbon. He was also an assistant professor at the Portuguese Institute of Photography, in the photojournalism section. Since 2002, Luís Branco has worked as a freelance photographer, specialising in events and in architecture. One of Branco’s passions is fine art photography. He currently collaborates in the area of photojournalism with Global Imagens, a company that provides images to several national newspapers and periodicals. In 2015 Branco started a collaboration with GMT, a company dedicated to the production of documentaries on culture and on institutions. In 2016 he collaborated with the Dutch poet Gerry van der Linden, which resulted in a book and an exhibition, both entitled A Stranger in the Alentejo.