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Urban Poetry
Copyright Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro 2025
Updated Mar 2025
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“Poética Urbana: Urban Poetry”, photography by Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro

"A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro’s photographs of Macau are certainly worth that and more. This latest collection consists of 100 photos taken during the last five years, a period which included Covid-19. The photojournalist, who been resident in Macau for well over a decade manages both to capture something of the inexpressible essence of the city, as well to provide visuals that will intrigue and engage anyone interested in either cities and the people that live in them. The “poética” of the title is apt.The book is artistically laid out on matte paper, making use of significant amounts of white space, unlittered (as it were) with captions, an omission which is only a drawback if those who know Macau somewhat try to figure out exactly where (the unobvious) ones were taken. Each photo undoubtedly has a story, but Lobo allows us to tell our own. Given the book’s format, some wider photos must unfortunately cross the book’s gutter, but some compromises are inevitable."

in Asian Review of Books
385

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Urban Poetry by Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro
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