medium: Photograph

Black and white photograph (8,9×6,3cm) taken by an unknown photographer at Nova Lamego (Guiné-Bissau), printed on “Gevaert” paper with irregular borders, slightly creased, depicting what seems to be two soldiers of the Portuguese army holding in one hand each of the two breasts of a black woman, probably Bissau-Guinean, in the middle of a field… Continue reading (1963-1974?) Two Portuguese soldiers and a black woman in Guiné-Bissau

Postcard (13,5×8,5cm) of the “Union Postale Universelle/ Egypte”, ca. 1940, subtitled “Café arabe”, divided back, produced by Ephtimios Frères at Port Said. The photograph probably depicts a cafe in Cairo, Egypt, at the “Chareh Amir El-Giuche El-Guani” (Amir Al Gyosh Al Goani أمير الجيوش الجواني). The postcard was found at the Feira da Ladra de… Continue reading (1940 ca.) Port Said, café arabe — Postcard

Photographs taken and printed by Avelino, from Sanguedo (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal), between 1975 and 1980. Avelino died of AIDS at a young age. The man is H. Santos, then convalescent, and the boy his nephew V. Photographs found in a family house at Lobão (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal) in August 2018.    … Continue reading (1975-1980) Avelino de Sanguedo

Photograph (format: 89x129mm) of a cow-boy in Angola (?), shot by Portuguese tourists, photograph printed in October of 1979 (Kodak’s seal) and probably shot in the same year (?). Found at Lisbon’s feira de ladra in August 2018

Photograph (format: 86x126mm) of a soldier (probably doing his military service), in one of the old Portuguese colonies, between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s, with a dead bird of prey in his hands. Photograph found at the Lisbon’s feira da ladra in August 2018.

Four little portraits of women in Portugal. The first is of a 16 years old girl; is dedicated to a friend (name illegible) by Lidia; is dated from the 1st of may 1934; format: 44x60mm. The second is a child portrait taken at Lisbon’s Armazens do Chiado on the 16th of November 1917; format: 27x36mm.… Continue reading (1917-1934) Four little portraits of women.

Photograph of three women and a dog sitting upon stairs, with the following handwritten note on the back: “Tirada em casa da Dina {?} em Junho de 1921” {“Taken at Dina’s house in June of 1921”}. The picture was found with the photograph of “group of people at a sanatorium in Guarda” (cf. infra); the handwritten note… Continue reading (1921) Three women and a dog.

Group of people photographed at the Sanatório Sousa Martins, in Guarda (Portugal), on the 10th of August 1922 (as says the handwritten note on the back). Format: 65x116mm. Photograph found at the Lisbon’s Feira da Ladra in 2016. The Sanatório Sousa Martins, founded in 1907, was the first Portuguese institution especially dedicated to the assistance of tuberculars.

Photograph of a Portuguese woman taken in the 1980s-90s, found in a house near Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) during the month of June 2018. Format of the first one: 100x151mm; of the second one: 140x151mm. One is taken in a living room in South Africa, the other in a Portuguese convent’s courtyard.      … Continue reading (1980-90) Young Portuguese woman.

Young woman holding a racket on a tennis court, black and white photograph (6,1 x 8,8 cm); no indication; 1920-1940 (?); found in a bookstore, in Paris (75005), in October 2017.

Photograph of three workers (6,3×8,7 cm); no information; probably shot between 1930-1960; found in a flea market in Seine-et-Marne, France (77), during summer 2017.

Portrait of a young woman, on top of a promontory, seaside; 9×14 cm; no information; found in a book; 1940-1960?  

Photographic portrait of a young woman dressed as an “oriental” dancer (21,9×16,9 cm), 1900-1930 (?), no information. Photograph found in a flea market of Seine-et-Marne (France, 77).

Portrait of a young boy (13,9×8,6 cm), black and white real photo postcard (RPPC); no title or description, anonymous photograph, as usual for RPPC. The card is numbered 163245. Made in the USA, carries the ANSCO brand. The design of the stamp box is a clew that the postcard was probably made between 1940-1960 (cf. specialized article).… Continue reading (1940-1960) Young boy – Ansco real photo postcard.

Sainte-Catherine, Le Christ du Cimetière / The Christ of the Cemetery, postcard n°262, appearing inside a small booklet (14,9×8,6 cm) as the first one of it’s 11 detachable postcards: photographs of ruins, remnants and 1914-1918’s war monuments, shot probably immediately after the end of the conflict or soon after; halftone prints; published (in 1918-1919?) by the… Continue reading (1918?) Sainte-Catherine, The Christ of the Cemetery