Guillermo Vidal
Photographer
Guillermo Vidal (b. 1989) is a Portuguese documentary photographer whose perspective has been shaped by the transition between Caracas (Venezuela), where he was born, and Murtosa (Portugal), the coastal town where he grew up. This experience of displacement underpins his interest in social invisibility and the ways in which human beings inhabit fragile, marginal, or transitional contexts. His work combines documentary rigor with a restrained, poetic, and reflective visual language. Through careful observation of gestures, rituals, and silences, he investigates how political, social, and economic structures shape daily life, exploring resilience and faith as ways of relating to the world. His practice prioritizes time, listening, and an ethical commitment to the subjects he photographs.
He participated in the NARRATIVA 23/24 Masterclass, under the guidance of photographer Mário Cruz, presenting his work at the Narrativa space. In 2026, he was nominated for the European platform FUTURES Photography through Ci.CLO, the Porto Photography Biennial Platform. He has collaborated with the newspaper PÚBLICO. Currently based in Lisbon, he focuses his work on marginalized communities and processes of social transformation. A nearly year-long journey through South and Southeast Asia in 2025–2026 resulted in the project The Space Between Silence, which is currently being edited for publication as a book.
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