The IMAGO LISBOA Photo Festival is a landmark event in the national and international photography panorama.
In 2022 in this 4th edition, Disturbances are the concept of aggregation of the festival.
The current society has lived, cyclically, disturbing moments of different intensities and types. Of course, the current pandemic was probably the repeal of the biggest post-World War II disturbance. Its dimension had a globality never before existing, revealing many of the weaknesses of political and economic systems, but also revealing the capacity of the international scientific community to respond. But in addition to this pandemic, there are many other disturbances facing the planet. Pollution and recurrent ecological disasters have been on the agenda of several summits; social and domestic violence have made several headlines; mental and physical disorders have increased; migrations resulting from flight from wars and shortages of livelihoods; financial scandals, there are many examples of possible approach, study and reflection.
Also, we were far from anticipating that after the pandemic in Europe, the war would return. But it is not just in Europe that this scenario torments humanity. Other, more distant stages experience the atrocities of war on a daily basis: Yemen, Afghanistan, and several locations in Africa.