Photobook of the City

In this article, I examine the representation that Eduardo Gageiro's Lisboa no cais da memória makes of Salazarist Lisbon in the post-war period up until the Carnation Revolution. I look at how the work's anchorage and its obvious generic affiliation as humanistic street photography set up a particular reading of the work for the reader. I then consider how the text's photobook format works to convey the sorts of meanings associated with this type of photography and creates a city-like space in which the reader can follow the footsteps of the flâneur/street photographer into the historical space and time in question

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