DESPOJOS DE GUERRA
Leonel de Castro
2024

Despojos de Guerra is a work of documentary photography and also a memorial collection, which was created with the severely disabled people injured throughout the 13 years of the Portuguese Colonial War. It is the first photographic essay carried out in Portugal on such a defining theme in Portuguese society.

Leonel de Castro made six trips to Guinea, Mozambique and Angola and traveled extensively throughout the country to carry out this important project for collective memory that was finally made known in the year in which 50 years of Portuguese democracy are celebrated.

NARRATIVA is responsible for curating the exhibition that was on display at the Portuguese Center of Photography and for co-editing the Despojos de Guerra book.

Despojos de Guerra was distinguished at POYi and won the Portuguese Society of Authors award.