Biography of Jorge Molder Jorge Molder (b. 1947) is a Portuguese artist born in Lisbon, Portugal, whose artistic journey began in the late 1970s with an initial foray into black-and-white photography—a formative influence that would shape his distinctive visual language and permeate throughout his oeuvre. This early preoccupation with meticulous detail—particularly close-ups of hands and faces—established a recurring motif reflecting profound contemplation on identity, memory, and the inexorable march of time. Molder’s artistic vision is deeply intertwined with philosophical inquiry and lite…