THE SEA - A photography competition

Portugal is a land defined by the sea. Any representation of the country is likely to include a segment of the coastline or the horizon of the Atlantic. The sea plays a central role in our cultural history: it is central to the greater deeds of history, protagonist of epic poems, undeniable motif of pictorial renderings.

But maritimity goes beyond geographic accident. The sea generates both imaginary and concrete possibilities even to lands far from the shore. And it remains a site of melancholy and longing, the lure of vagaries and dreams of travelling, of going beyond what is known.

Inspired by this display, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas (FCH) invites all students – national and international – to address their own views of the sea: Is it an obvious, unquestioned presence? Is it a site of collective and individual memories? Is it the setting of leisurely moments or radical sports experiments? A permanent reference in cultural representations? Is Portugal imaginable without the sea? What is the sea like in other countries? And how do countries without sea think and represent it?

Starting from these questionings we call all students at FCH to submit a photograph that best conveys their view of the meaning of the sea, and a brief paragraph (250 characters) explaining their choice.

Please submit one photograph (.jpeg, high resolution, 300dpi) by November 20 to the following e-mail address: photo.fch.ucp@gmail.com

The best 20 photographs will be displayed in an online exhibition in December.
 

Jury

Paulo Campos Pinto – Cultura@Católica
Cátia Ferreira – Photography, Visual Communication
Marília dos Santos Lopes – Culture Studies
Luísa Santos – Culture Studies
Sophie Pinto – Visual Culture
 

Know more here.