EXPOSIÇÃO CCB — GARAGEM SUL

FERNANDO GUERRA: Raio X de uma Prática Fotográfica
Curadoria Luís Santiago Baptista
11 JUL — 15 OUT

Workshop de Fotografia
22-23 SET 10h-17h

Debate de Encerramento
7 OUT 17h

PRESS COVERS

ICONOGRAPHY BOARD IN 2017

A Cidade na ponta dos dedos

O Raio X de Fernando Guerra na Cidade #127 from A Cidade na ponta dos dedos

Fernando Guerra tem acompanhado a produção arquitetónica contemporânea através da plataforma Últimas Reportagens. A sua prática fotográfica responde à evolução técnica do campo da fotografia nas últimas décadas, marcada essencialmente pela afirmação dos novos meios digitais. A Cidade na ponta dos dedos mostra-lhe um RaioX que apresenta o trabalho autoral de Fernando Guerra atravessado por uma cartografia da atividade do escritório FG+SG. Paulo Martins Barata, partner do atelier de arquitectura Promontório conduz esta grande viagem.

Raio X de uma prática fotográfica

Curadoria de
Luís Santiago Baptista

11 julho – 15 outubro 2017

Raio X de uma prática fotográfica

Com o novo milénio, a fotografia de arquitectura ganhou uma preponderância exponencial. Respondendo aos desafios da mediatização da arquitectura na contemporaneidade, o escritório FG+SG é hoje uma prática fotográfica estabelecida e premiada internacionalmente. A afirmação progressiva de Fernando Guerra acompanha a produção de arquitectos nacionais e internacionais e revela um conjunto de obras incontornáveis da produção arquitectónica recente. Por outro lado, as suas reportagens fotográficas apresentam um ponto de vista privilegiado sobre a arquitectura portuguesa contemporânea. Entre diferentes arquitectos e diversas geografias, a exposição apresenta o trabalho autoral de Fernando Guerra atravessado por uma cartografia da actividade do escritório FG+SG, convocando o seu arquivo de imagens e evidenciando os seus processos de produção.

X-ray of a photographic studio

With the new millennium, architectural photography has gained an exponential preponderance. Responding to the challenges of media coverage of contemporary architecture, FG + SG is now an established and internationally awarded photographic studio. The progressive affirmation of Fernando Guerra has accompanied the output from national and international architects, revealing a set of compelling recent architectural works. His photographic pieces present a privileged view of contemporary Portuguese architecture as well. Between different architects and multiple geographies, the exhibition presents original work by Fernando Guerra crossed by a map of FG + SG office activity, bringing together his archive of images and revealing his production processes.

CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELÉM
GARGEM SUL – Exposições de Arquitetura
Praça do Império, Lisboa

Article from Porsche website: FOCUS ON PASSION

“As a photographer, says Fernando Guerra, you are the messenger of an object and its architect. He is an interesting man, who sees success as the result of unconditional dedication and regards courage as the willingness to pursue new directions. This attitude and his real passion for Porsche left us with no option but to get him to do a photoshoot of the new Panamera. And he did that in his favourite city, Lisbon. We accompanied him and got to see his fascinating work and his home city.”

“Fernando Guerra was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1970. In the country of explorers, where the people see themselves as descendants of such explorers and reflect this in their mentality. “It is inherent in us Portuguese to be courageous and make changes”, he says, looking out somewhere towards the sea. “We are no longer going to discover India or Brazil. But maybe we’ll discover new ways of doing things.” A rolling stone gathers no moss. To keep it rolling: get out and do something. Experience things. And work hard.”

“Having completed his studies in architecture, Guerra left his beloved Portugal and went to work in Macau, where he lived for five years and gained a lot of experience and new impressions. Photography was ever-present in his life – even during his studies, he had a camera in his hand every day. But he knew that he wasn’t going to spend the rest of his life in Macau. It wasn’t just his yearning for home that he had to cope with, but also a certain 1973 Porsche 911 Targa, which was waiting patiently for him at home in his father’s garage and which he drove along the rugged coastline of Portugal at night in his dreams. He moved back to Lisbon with his wife and children and accepted a professorship at a university there. His comfort zone, as he calls it, with a secure income and a structured lifestyle. But he doesn’t feel really happy. And so he comes to a decision…”

The official Porsche magazine

“Fernando Guerra is among the most celebrated architectural photographers in the world.
He’s a master at giving structures of concrete and steel an air of ethereal lightness and infusing architecture with motion.”

“What moves him is found in a garage in Lisbon:
four classic Porsche models from the years 1973 to 1995”

“It’s difficult to imagine a greater contrast between Fernando Guerra’s current location and the settings he normally finds himself in. The architectural photographer who captures futuristic buildings and breathtaking enfilades is standing in an ordinary garage. The austere, white room in central Lisbon is one of the most important places in his life. Outside, the raucous streets of the Portuguese capital are humming with activity— inside, behind the thick walls, it’s magnificently quiet. The garage is located on a little side street; an inconspicuous entrance with an electric door leads inside. The special thing about this decidedly ordinary location: in a space space roughly eight by eight meters, you’ll find four Porsche sports cars parked so closely that they’re almost touching. “My little family,” says Guerra, looking fondly at the quartet of cars in red covers. He finds the garage calming, a place where he can leave his work behind and clear his head, says Guerra.”

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