Venham mais cinco (five more to come). The Foreign Perspective on the Portuguese Revolution 1974–1975. Exhibition of 200 large-format photographs by 30 foreign photographers.

From may 24 to NOVEMBER 23. Location: Mutela Business Park, Almada, Portugal
From thursday to sunday, from 11 am to 7 pm. Opening: may 23rd, at 9 pm.

FIVE MORE TO COME
The Foreign Perspective on the Portuguese Revolution
1974–1975

From may 24th to August 24th.
NEW CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 23

LOCATION: PARQUE EMPRESARIAL DA MUTELA, ALMADA, PORTUGAL
FROM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, FROM 11 AM TO 7PM

Opening: May 23rd, at 9pm.

For Margarida Medeiros, in memoriam

Venham mais cinco – Five more to come – was an idea that emerged in the summer of 1993, when Margarida Medeiros and Ana Soromenho challenged me to produce a large exhibition of images by foreign photographers who had portrayed the Portuguese Revolution. The following year would mark the twentieth anniversary of the 25th of April. Margarida and I headed for Paris and immersed ourselves in the archives of the major agencies, searching through hundreds of contact sheets.
Three decades later, the exhibition will open its doors. Between the beginning of our research in the autumn of 1993 in Paris and her recent death, Margarida Medeiros became one of the greatest photography experts in Portugal, author of reference books, curator of exhibitions and responsible for igniting the passion of several generations of students. This exhibition was born of our friendship.

PORTUGAL AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD

etween 25 April 1974 and 25 November 1975, Portugal made the headlines in the international press almost every day. Nothing like this had ever happened or would ever happen in the country over such an extended period.
The abrupt end of a 48-year-long dictatorship, the beginning of a democratisation process that appeared to be taking unexpected turns, the questions surrounding the independence process of large African countries – it all made the entire world turn its eyes to Portugal. Overnight, young and veteran photographers from major international agencies landed in Lisbon. They took pictures all over the country, covering the dizzying unfolding of events.
Many travelled on short-term assignments, others stayed for several months to understand and portray what was happening. Almost everything was surprising to foreigners: the unprecedented political situation in a European country, the everyday lives of the Portuguese people, the way in which politics entered the lives of the population. These were experienced photographers with a keen eye, looking for images for the covers of wide circulation magazines, but they also showed empathy, enchantment and genuine anthropological interest. For about a year and a half they photographed everything introducing this new concept to the world: the carnation revolution.
The same photographers flew to Angola and Mozambique, seeking to portray the decolonization process and the mass return of the Portuguese who had been living in Africa.
in this exhibition photos do not always appear in chronological order. They are grouped by themes and are also set out to express a dramatic narrative, where two images from different moments can be placed side-by-side for showing contrast or parallels.
After 50 years, some archives have since disappeared. For this reason, in exceptional cases, when there were no negatives or paper proofs available, we decided to reproduce images published in books or magazines. To this day, this is the only way to share unique images from a decisive period in history that has never been brought together in Portugal.

Sérgio Tréfaut

venham mais cinco (Five more to come)

is the title of a song by José Afonso, initially chosen to play on the radio to announce the start of the military coup on 25th April 1974. However, since that the song was on a blacklist, it was replaced by «Grândola, Vila Morena». Through the title of this exhibition, we pay tribute to José Afonso and look forward to five more revolutions to come.

some photographs from the exhibition

ALAIN KELLER (1945), France

Alain Keller came to Portugal in the early years of his photojournalist career and remained in the country for several months. He worked for the Sygma and Gamma agencies in the 1970s. He has travelled constantly since then, covering events all over the world. He has been awarded prizes such as the World Press Photo, the Grand Prix Paris Match for photojournalism, and the W. Eugene Smith Award.

ALAIN MINGAM (1946), France

lain Mingam began his professional career at the Sipa Press agency. He then moved to Gamma and later to Sygma, where he worked as editor-in-chief and editorial director, respectively. He experienced and photographed the Portuguese revolutionary process intensely and was present when Angola became independent. His images of the paratroopers surrendering at the Tancos base made history. Winner of the World Press Photo, he was vice-president of Reporters Sans Frontieres.

ALÉCIO DE ANDRADE (1938-2003), Brazil

Photographer, poet, and pianist, Alecio de Andrade was born in Rio de Janeiro. He moved to Paris in 1964 after the Military Coup. He was the first Brazilian to join the Magnum agency. He covered the Portuguese reality in 1974 extensively. The book Lumiere d’Avril, Portugal 1974, with his photographs, was published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution, accompanying a solo exhibition.

AUGUSTA CONCHIGLIA (1948), Italy

Agusta Conchiglia is a journalist, photographer, and co-director of documentaries. In 1968, she went to Angola to document the MPLA guerrilla movement. Her images of fighters marching with sticks instead of weapons drew the attention of the international community. This resulted in the book Guerra di Popolo in Angola (1969). In 1974-75 she also documented the independences of Angola and Mozambique.

BENOIT GYSEMBERG (1954-2013), France

Benoit Gysembergh was an important photojournalist and war photographer. At 20, he worked for the Gamma agency in Paris and for Camera Press in London. In 1977, he became a photographer at Paris Match magazine, where he collaborated for 25 years, publishing more than 500 double-page spreads.

DOMINIQUE ISSERMANN (1946), France

Dominique Issermann began working in cinema in the late1960s, and as a photographer during the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. From the late 1970s, she became one of the most important fashion photographers, working with Sonia Rykiel, Dior and Chanel, but also photographing artists such as Catherine Deneuve, Marguerite Duras, Balthus, and Bob Dylan. She has received the main orders of merit in France.

FAUSTO GIACCONE (1943), Italy

Fausto Giaccone was born in Sicily. When he was an architecture student, he photographed youth movements and protests. He travelled through the five continents as a freelance photojournalist, but it was his 1975 reportage on land occupations in the village of Couço, in Ribatejo, that changed his life. He returned ten years later and published the book Uma Historia Portuguesa. He maintains a strong connection to Portugal, where he has held several exhibitions, including one at the National Pantheon.

FRANÇOIS HERS (1943), France

Francois Hers is co-founder of the Viva cooperative. He was an envoy from Time Magazine to Portugal during the Hot Summer. His photographs of the attacks against the PCP headquarters in Braga were featured in Paris Match magazine and travelled the world.

GÉRARD DUFRESNE (1938), FranCE

n the 1960s, Gerard Dufresne worked in the Pictorial Service laboratory, where he had direct contact with the works of Cartier-Bresson, Sieff, Riboud and other masters. He experienced revolutionary Portugal before devoting himself to landscape photography.

GILBERT UZAN (1938), FranCE

Gilbert Uzan was born in Tunis, a French colony at the time, where he lived throughout World War II and in his youth. He joined the Gamma agency in 1974, precisely at the time when he came to Portugal to photograph. After 1981, he became a cameraman for the France 2 television network.

GIORGIO PIREDDA (1947‑2017), Italy

Multidisciplinary artist working in photography, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. He documented the Portuguese Revolution extensively. His images from that period are still published in international newspapers and magazines today.

GUY LE QUERREC (1941), France

Guy Le Querrec began as an editor and photographer for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 1971, he handed over his archives to Agence Vu, and in 1972 he co-founded Viva. In 1976, he joined Magnum. Between 1974 and 1975, fascinated by the Carnation Revolution, he travelled to Portugal and photographed the country from north to south. In 1979, in partnership with Jean-Paul Miroglio, he published the book Portugal 1974-1975: Regards sur une tentative de pouvoir populaire. He is a living legend of photography.

HENRI BUREAU (1940-2014), FranCE

Henri Bureau began photographing in Paris at the age of 20. In 1966, he was sent to Vietnam and started doing major reportage work. He joined Gamma in 1967 and was part of the foundation of Sygma in 1973. In April 1974, he was one of the first international photographers to arrive in Lisbon, being awarded that year’s World Press Photo prize. After 1982, he became an editor and director of various photography agencies.

HERVÉ GLOAGUEN (1937), France

Herve Gloaguen studied fine arts, photography, and cinema. In 1963, he became assistant to photographer Gilles Ehrmann. In 1971, he joined Agence Vu and in 1972 he was one of the founders of the Viva cooperative, where he authored various works of reportage, including one dedicated to the Carnation Revolution.

JACQUES HAILLOT (1941-1998), FranCE

Jacques Haillot was born in Algeria and worked for many years for the weekly newspaper L’Express. He died in Portugal in 1998. His archives are distributed by Getty Images.

JEAN CLAUDE FRANCOLON (1944), FranCE

Jean-Claude Francolon has worked in press photography since the age of 25, first at the A.P.I.S. agency, and then at Gamma, founded by Gilles Caron and Raymond Depardon. He covered the key moments of the 1970s, like the 25th of April 1974, from which he has unique colour photographs, and the peace processes in Mozambique. He became deputy director of Gamma in 1988, general director in 1992, and president in 1994. He also devoted himself to cinema.

JEAN GAUMY (1948), FranCE

Jean Gaumy began his photography career in 1972 at the Viva agency. In 1973, he moved to Gamma, where he worked until 1976. Some of his photographs of the first free elections in Portugal are iconic, such as the image of a man pinching Mario Soares’s cheek. In 1977, he joined Magnum, of which he is still a member. He is also a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institut de France.

JEAN-PAUL MIROGLIO (1946-2017), France

Jean Paul Miroglio devoted himself to photographic reporting from an early age. Between 1970 and 1975, he collaborated with the weekly Politique Hebdo, for which he covered the fall of three dictatorships (Greece, Portugal and Spain). From his encounter with Guy Le Querrec came a collective book to celebrate a peaceful and popular revolution: Portugal 1974-1975: Regards sur une tentative de pouvoir populaire.

JEAN-PAUL PAIREAULT (1951), FranCE

Jean-Paul Paireault was Marc Riboud’s assistant in the 1970s and worked as an international photographic reporter for the Magnum and Gamma agencies, having been widely recognized for his work. He covered the Portuguese Revolution for Magnum from July 1974 until the end of 1975.

JOSÉ SÁNCHEZ MARTINEZ, Spain

Photographer for the Spanish daily newspaper ABC, sent to Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Some of the images published in ABC about the Revolution were taken by him.

MICHEL GINIÈS (1952), FranCE

Michel Ginies has worked for the Sipa Press agency since 1972. He travelled to Lisbon at the beginning of the Revolution.

MICHEL PUECH (1948), France

Michel Puech began his career at the daily newspaper Combat, as a journalist. He became a photojournalist for the Boojum Consort collective and co-founded Fotolib, the photography agency of the daily newspaper Liberation. He arrived in Portugal at the end of April and carried out one of his first photographic reports. Since 2008, he has directed and edited the website Looeilinfo, about journalism and photography.

PAOLA AGOSTI (1947), Italy

Paola Agosti began her career as a photographer in 1968. She caught one of the first planes to Lisbon after 25 April and produced surprising images in just a few weeks. Since 1976, her main focus has been feminism and women’s work. On the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution, her images were reprinted for an exhibition in Italy and were published in the book Lisbona, la notte e finita! — La Rivoluzione dei garofani nelle fotografie di Paola Agosti.

PERRY KRETZ (1933-2020), Germany/USA

Perry Kretz was born in Cologne. In the 1950s, he moved to New York, where he studied journalism. He joined the US Army, where he was sent to the Korean War. There he discovered his passion for photography. Back in New York, he joined the Keystone agency and worked with the New York Post. After 1969, he collaborated with Stern magazine (Germany), where he covered major stories, including the Carnation Revolution.

ROB MIEREMET (1947-2015), The Netherlands

Rob Mieremet worked for ANEFO, the Dutch Photography Agency, from 1969 to 1975. He won the award for best press photo in the Netherlands in 1973. He spent several months in Portugal during the revolutionary period.

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944), Brazil

Sebastião Salgado was born in Brazil, where he graduated in economics. Persecuted by the military regime, he moved to Paris in 1969. As an economist, he travelled through Africa and started photographing in the early 1970s. He began covering stories for the Gamma, Sygma, and Magnum agencies. It was at the beginning of his career that he photographed the Portuguese Revolution and the independence movements of Angola and Mozambique. From the 1980s onwards, he became one of the most recognized photographers worldwide, responsible for projects on a global scale. In 2015, the documentary about his trajectory The Salt of the Earth, by Juliano Salgado and Wim Wenders, was nominated for an Oscar.

SERGE JULY (1942), France

Serge July is a renowned journalist, founder of the newspaper Liberation, and was a major figure in French politics for over three decades (1970-2000). In 1975, he covered and photographed the visit of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to Portugal.

SYLVAIN JULIENNE (1947-2019), France

Sylvain Julienne published his first photo at the age of 21, in the weekly newspaper The Village Voice. He photographed major world conflicts for the Sipa, Gamma, and Sygma agencies. Some of his images made the cover of magazines worldwide. In April 1975, he witnessed the capture of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge and was taken prisoner. Soon after, he came to Portugal, where he photographed the Hot Summer.

ULIANO LUCAS (1942), Italy

Uliano Lucas has been interested in political and social causes since the beginning of his career. He publishes in magazines such as Tempo, Jeune Afrique, and Koncret, or in publications that focus on developing countries. The Portuguese Revolution and the liberation wars in Angola and Guinea-Bissau are an important part of his work. He has a book published in Portugal: Revoluções — Guine-Bissau, Angola e Portugal (1969-1974).

VOJTA DUKÁT (1947), Czechoslovakia/The Netherlands

Moravian photographer Vojta Dukat fled Czechoslovakia in August 1968, when his country was occupied by the Warsaw pact armies. He settled in Amsterdam, where he attended studies in photography and cinema. In the 1970s, he began travelling and photographing. Under Andre Kertesz’s recommendation, he worked some years for Magnum. a period in which he lived and worked in Portugal. After his first visit in April 1975, he often returned and worked in Portugal that he liked so much that he wanted to become a Portuguese. His extraordinary book Fototorst contains dozens of images of Portugal.

commented visits

Several photographers will be present at the opening and in commented visits (with free entry and limited capacity):

• May 24, Saturday, 5pm – Jean-Claude Francolon, Fausto Giaccone, Michel Puech, Jean-Paul Paireault (with Sérgio Tréfaut)
• May 25, Sunday, 5pm – Jean-Claude Francolon, Michel Puech, Jean-Paul Paireault (with Sérgio Tréfaut)
• May 31, Saturday, 5pm – Alain Mingam (with Sérgio Tréfaut)
• June 1, Sunday, 5pm – Alain Mingam (with Sérgio Tréfaut)
• June 7, Saturday, 5pm – Luísa Tiago de Oliveira and Eduardo Pires 
• June 8, Sunday, 5pm – Isabel do Carmo and Paula Godinho with Luísa Tiago de Oliveira
• June 14, Saturday, 5pm – Fernando Oliveira Baptista, João Madeira, Maria Inácia Rezola with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira    
• June 15, Sunday, 5pm – Joana Craveiro/ Teatro do Vestido    
• June 21, Saturday, 5pm – Manuel Martins Guerreiro Nuno Santos Silva with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira  
• June 28, Saturday, 5pm – José Neves, Manuel Begonha with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira   
• July 5, Saturday, 5pm – Fernando Rosas, Sónia Vespeira de Almeida with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira 
• July 12, Saturday, 5pm – Ana Luísa Rodrigues, Irene Pimentel with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira 
• July 19, Saturday, 5pm – Jacinto Godinho José Pacheco Pereira with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira.  

Registration for guided tours must be done via email: vemmmaiscinco1974@gmail.com

Visits without the need for prior registration

• September 27, Saturday, 5pm – José Rebelo and Carla Baptista with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira.
• October 11, Saturday, 5pm – Paula Godinho and Catarina Alves Costa.
• October 18, Saturday, 5pm – Joana Craveiro/Dress Theater with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira.
• November 8, Saturday, 5pm – Fernando Rosas and Luís Trindade with Luisa Tiago de Oliveira.
• November 21, Friday, 5pm – Augusta Conchiglia with Sérgio Tréfaut.
• November 22, Saturday, 5pm – Domingos Abrantes and José Pedro Soares with Sérgio Tréfaut.
• November 23, Sunday, 5pm – Sérgio Tréfaut and guests.

• Luísa Tiago de Oliveira
  Historian. Professor at Iscte. Historical consultant for the exhibition “Venham Mais Cinco”. Author of numerous articles and books on oral history, student activism, as well as on the MFA and the Portuguese revolution.
• Eduardo Pires
  Activist in the student movement and the Margem Sul community movement; after April 25th, he was coordinator of the LISNAVE Workers’ Commission for a few months. A political leader during that period, he has continued his public engagement.
• Isabel do Carmo
  Doctor. Activist in the student movement, she remained involved after university, even taking part in armed actions before April 25th. During the Revolution, she was deeply engaged in political and social activism, and continues her public engagement to this day.
• Paula Godinho
  Anthropologist. Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University Lisbon. She has authored several works and articles on festivity, borders, memory, future, resistance, and social movements.
• Fernando Oliveira Baptista
  Professor at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Lisbon). Minister of Agriculture during the Revolution and author of key laws on Agrarian Reform.
• João Madeira
  Historian. Professor. Author of several works and articles on the history of the Portuguese Communist Party, opposition to the Estado Novo, and political violence in the 20th century.
• Joana Craveiro / Teatro do Vestido
  Anthropologist, professor, actress and artistic director of Teatro do Vestido, a theatre company focused on the theme of memory and its relationship with society. The company has staged performances connected to the themes of this exhibition.
• Manuel Martins Guerreiro
  Military officer in the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) (Navy). Founding member of the clandestine movement of naval officers in 1970. He was involved in the planning of the April 25th 1974 coup and played a significant role afterwards, as part of the Revolutionary Council. Continued his civic and cultural engagement.
• Nuno Santos Silva
  Military officer in the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) (Air Force). Actively participated in the April 25th 1974 events and later held important roles, followed by a professional path in the civil sector in Portugal and Mozambique.
• José Neves
  Historian. University professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH) of NOVA University Lisbon. Author of several works and articles on revolution, nationalism, communism, and colonialism.
• Manuel Begonha
  Military officer in the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) (Navy). Member of the 5th Division of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, responsible for the Cultural Promotion and Civic Action Campaigns, about which he has written several books.
• Sónia Vespeira de Almeida
  Anthropologist. University professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University Lisbon. Published articles and books mainly on contemporary artistic practices and on the MFA’s Cultural Promotion and Civic Action Campaigns.

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