The exhibition “Photographic Journey to the Algarve” is open to the public, until the 22nd of April, at the Capilla de San Cristóbal, in Lepe (Spain).
The exhibition is part of the program of the XXIX Culture and Book Festival in Lepe.
The “Photographic trip to the Algarve” is a project by Associação 1/4 Escuro, which had the support of the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve, and Taller Municipal de Fotografía de Lepe as a partner.
The exhibition opened in November 2022, on the occasion of the launch of the Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve, an initiative by the Regional Directorate of Culture to mark the centenary of the birth of our Nobel Prize for Literature. The exhibition is the result of a photographic collection made from the places visited by the Nobel Prize, during his visit to the Algarve, as a result of his work “Journey to Portugal”.
The inauguration of the exhibition, in Lepe, which took place on the 11th of April, was chaired by the mayor of Lepe Juan Manuel González and featured interventions by Adriana Freire Nogueira, Regional Director of Culture of the Algarve, by Carlos Afonso, president of the Associação 1/4 Escuro, by Diego Mesa, author of the publication Viagem ao Algarve and of “Rota Literária Saramago no Algarve”, and by José Luis Silva, director of the Taller Municipal de Fotografía in Lepe.
The “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve”, written by Diego Mesa, based on his book “Viagem ao Algarve”, was inspired by “Journey to Portugal”, by José Saramago, and offers a new perspective on the places that visited him. Nobel Prize for Literature visited in 1980. The itineraries of Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim are now available on the DRCAlg page,
The exhibition, which includes photos from all the municipalities visited by the writer, will be open to the public until April 22, from 17 pm to 00 pm (Spanish time).
This project was supported by the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve.
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