Small buildings and other things

Small buildings and other things, a photographic project begun in 2018, develops from small, ephemeral cardboard constructions found throughout the city of Lisbon, built and inhabited by homeless people. It aims to reflect on certain inconsistencies that inhabit our reality, feelings of loss, isolation, and loneliness that each person may experience, whether due to situations similar to those of homeless people or feelings of being exiled from oneself. This exhibition proposes a fragmented approach to investigative work within the image, based on objects found in urban spaces and other dissonant places.

Eduardo Sousa Ribeiro (1963) Lisbon, Portugal

Lives and works in Lisbon. In 1993 he completed the Advanced Course in Photography, Contemporary Art and Design at the Maumaus School of Visual Arts. He has been self-publishing photobooks since 2013. Honorable mention for portfolio, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021. Winner of the 1st Scopio International Brochure Competition 2014.

Represented in the collections of:
Aperture Foundation Library (New York); Library of the Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM (Madrid); Franklin Furnace (New York); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon); Serralves Foundation (Porto); Moreira Salles Institute (São Paulo); The PhotoBook Museum (Cologne).

Recent exhibitions (selection):
2022 By Invitation Only. Passevite, Lisbon.
2021 Charta Festival. San Lorenzo, Rome.
2020 The Maribor Photobook Award. UGM - Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Slovenia.
2019 Territories in Publication. CEI - Center for Iberian Studies, Guarda. | This City Always Pursues You: A story told with photobooks, books, and non-books. MUSAC, León. | BF18 - Vila Franca de Xira Photography Biennial, Celeiro da Patriarcal.