Macau CLOSER is proud to announce the “Macau 2024 - Camões: Myth or Reality Photography Competition” in partnership with Halftone photography magazine, the Portuguese Bookshop and the Macau Literary Festival.

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This year is the 500th anniversary of the birth of famous Portuguese poet Luis Camões, who is believed to have lived part of his life here in Macau. 

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More important than knowing whether or not Camões was in Macau, is understanding if his presence is still visible here in the city today and if so, where. 

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Thus, this year’s photo competition is entitled “Camões: Myth or Reality” and looks for answers in the verses that immortalized him.

 

"Love is a wound that hurts yet isn’t felt"

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"My song shall spread where ever there are men,

If wit and art will so much guide my pen"

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"Times change, as do our wills"