About | THE PORTUGUESE PHOTOLIBRARY OBSERVATORY is an online platform that provides an inclusive library of photobooks edited in the 21st century. The project aims to create and research new visualities around Portuguese expression photobooks and includes the production of podcasts, the release of a publication, as well as an exhibition of photobooks in different locations across the country.
Mission | Our mission is to create an observatory of contemporaneity based on narratives translated into photobooks and to call the community to engage in critical thinking and documentary inventory.
Vision | We aim to include not only photographic books themselves in this inventory but also photozines and artist books, making efforts to include independent publishing, with special attention to small-scale publishers and self-published works. This is the first structured cataloging of photobooks in Portugal and is supported by the Directorate-General for the Arts.
Nervo • nervophotobooks@gmail.com