The exhibition «A Cidade Fala» features portraits of anonymous city dwellers captured by three photographers, exhibited in the windows of Portimão’s Museum.
Portimão’s Museum is inaugurating a new photographic exhibition this weekend entitled «A Cidade Fala» (The City Speaks). Displayed in the museum’s windows, it is an anthology of portraits captured in recent months in the local community by guest photographers João Mariano, João Tuna, and Filipe da Palma, “highlighting the essence of Portimão’s city dwellers”.
The exhibition opens tomorrow, Saturday, November 16, at 18h00 in the museum’s atrium and will be on view until January 26, 2025.
This event is part of the cultural activities created by “Lavrar o Mar – Cooperativa Cultural” in collaboration with the Portimão City Council to mark the 100th anniversary of Portimão’s recognition as a city, which took place on December 11, 1924.
Photographers João Mariano, João Tuna and Filipe da Palma accepted the cultural association’s challenge and set about finding 55 subjects “who make up the essence of Portimão”.
Photographed in their studio or on the street, between them, they chose merchants, teachers, artists, fishermen, shipbuilders and old canning workers, as well as residents of the outskirts, whose faces reveal the human pulse behind the city’s daily life and which can now be seen in 69 windows of the Museum.
João Mariano explores human restlessness, contrasting the ancient myth that photography steals the soul. João Tuna captures the natural and spontaneous, promoting a direct visual dialogue. Filipe da Palma brings to life the portraits of the outskirts, inviting us to perceive often-forgotten realities.
The exhibition “A Cidade Fala” will conclude with the screening of a new artistic project, also associated with the “Lavrar o Mar” project, a documentary created by young Portimão natives Jonas Canelo and João Hébil. Scheduled for release on January 24, 2025, the film focuses on residents’ viewpoints as they envision what lies ahead for their city.
