OMNIS

OMNIS was the name chosen to portray the World Youth Day that took place in Lisbon, between August 1st and 6th, 2023.

Originally conceived as a collective project, the work presented portrays my perspective on this topic, within the sense of community, belonging and ingenuity that are symptomatic of youth, and that ultimately best represent this event.
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OF THINGS TO EXPECT​ AND THE PROOF OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT SEEN
(text by Sebastião Almeida)

Everything, everyone, totally. This is how, in a free translation from Latin, the title chosen for OMNIS can be understood, in which five of the founding members of NARRATIVA present distinct but complementary views on how photography relates to religion within the context of World Day of Youth that took place in Lisbon, between August 1st and 6th, 2023.

OMNIS takes a scathing look at the hidden side of the Church, at its half-open doors and those that remain closed, at its controversies, but also at its power in Western society. What is faith? How does it materialize? What is authorial practice? These are questions that the authors face, but for which they only intend to provide the reader with small visual clues, susceptible to the most varied interpretations.

Just like the common faith of the millions of believers who flocked to Lisbon for World Youth Day, the five authors share a photographic practice governed by collective codes that, in a stripped-down way, can be analogous to what unites believers around religion. Each individual has a way of relating to photography and putting their faith into practice. The same occurs with the authorial vision of the photographers represented here: each one recreates a reality that can be subject to countless readings. Everything, everyone is able to observe and to reflect.