These photographs are taken from a little known album which aimed to glorify the ties between Portugal and its colonies. Two years before a major exhibition in Lisbon—greatly admired by The Little Prince author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry—Salazar wanted to strengthen the administrative centralization of the Empire. Most of the images from the book have a very strange composition, with deserted landscapes and a few lost locales. Also note the architecture of the pavilions created by a customs-official-turned-architect who had worked in Le Corbusier’s studio.
EXHIBITION
Angola 1938 – Fantastica Africana
March 27 – April 12, 2014
A Pequena Galeria
Avenida 24 de julho 4c
1200-480 Lisbon
Portugal
BOOK
Album Comemorativo da exposiçao-Feira Angola 1938
published by the Government of Angola
printed in Oporto/Porto
Portugal
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