‘Fort William, Scotland’ is part of ‘European Affairs’, a series exploring ideas of European values and the impossibility of shared continental ideals. The project comes from Pedro’s desire to translate into images his own experience of being a European, a particularly poignant subject for a Portuguese artist leading a nomadic life, which has led him to live in the UK and currently in Denmark.
Pedro defines the project as purely ‘vagabond’ and ‘on the road’ photography, with no agenda and no p…

‘Fort William, Scotland’ is part of ‘European Affairs’, a series exploring ideas of European values and the impossibility of shared continental ideals. The project comes from Pedro’s desire to translate into images his own experience of being a European, a particularly poignant subject for a Portuguese artist leading a nomadic life, which has led him to live in the UK and currently in Denmark.<br><br> Pedro defines the project as purely ‘vagabond’ and ‘on the road’ photography, with no agenda and no particular strategy, drawing parallels with American photographers like Stephen Shore or William Eggleston who, with their powerful body of work, contributed to creating the collective visual identity of America. However Pedro is quick to point out that, because of its particular political history, Europe has never produced a standardised set of values and is thus still a scattered concept, which this series cunningly reflects.<br><br> ‘Fort William’ depicts an image within an image: A previously photographed deer on the back of a truck seems to mirror the natural landscape behind, even to the point that the tonal ranges of both landscapes are strangely similar. An undeniable celebration of nature’s beauty, ‘Fort William’ also makes us question the very essence of representation versus reality. What’s real and what’s not?<br><br> ‘European Affairs - Fort William, Scotland’ is an archival pigment print printed on 270 gsm Pearl Photo paper. The edition of 25 hand numbered and embossed prints has been approved by the artist and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.

Pedro Guimaraes was born in Braga, Portugal in 1977. He recently completed an MA at the University of Westminster in Photographic Studies and currently lives in Copenhagen. Pedro’s works have been widely exhibited in Portugal, Spain and France. Some highlights include Descubrimientos Photo Espana, …

Pedro Guimaraes was born in Braga, Portugal in 1977. He recently completed an MA at the University of Westminster in Photographic Studies and currently lives in Copenhagen. Pedro’s works have been widely exhibited in Portugal, Spain and France. Some highlights include Descubrimientos Photo Espana, Spain (2008); Creative Lab UNICER, Lisbon (2007) and Rencontres d’Arles, France (2003).<br/><br/>His artistic practice is mainly based around large-format images, stylistically moving between documentary and fine art photography. Key photographers such as Bernard Plossu, Stephen Shore or Alec Soth influence his work, but he also embraces themes from writers such as Jorge Luis Borges or Charles Bukowski. This amalgamation of eclectic styles and inspirations results in images that are closely tied to travel, isolation and dislocated narratives. Typically, Pedro’s photographs are produced in series, each image acting as part of a conceptual story, whose meaning is often intended to confuse.