Tim Motion, an Irish photographer who became well known for his work in the Algarve during the 1960s and 70s, has died aged 90.
He died in London on April 2.
Motion, an internationally recognised photographer, spent nearly 15 years living in the Algarve, mainly in Carvoeiro, in the municipality of Lagoa. During that time, he produced a large body of work capturing everyday life across the region.
He was responsible for the photographs featured in the book Algarve, a Portrait and a Guide, written in the 1960s by David Wright, with illustrations by British artist Patrick Swift, who was also living in the Algarve at the time.
Decades later, Motion returned to his archive to publish Algarve 63, a photography book released in 2017 as part of the Lagoa Photography Meetings. The work brought together 63 black-and-white images taken across the Algarve in the 1960s and 70s using his Leica IIIc camera.
Speaking at the time, he reflected on the lasting value of his images: “The fact is that after 10 years the images may have some interest, but after 50 they become iconic, reminders of other times and thus of particular historic interest and value.”
Motion, who left the Algarve in 1975, continued to revisit the region over the years and remained closely connected to it through his photography.
Also read: The Way it was… A personal account by Tim Motion (2017)
