In A Necessary Realism, José Pedro Cortes renews his way of looking at the matter and surface of the world. Through a set of photographs taken between 2005 and 2018, Cortes looks at the representation of the body in this complex and vulnerable time.  
Includes a conversation between José Pedro Cortes and Nuno Crespo.
Essays by Shoair Mavlian (director at Photoworks UK), David Santos (Curator and Art Historian), Julião Sarmento (Artist), Nuno Crespo (Researcher and Art Critic). And a previously unpublished poem titled Music for images by José Pedro Cortes by José Tolentino de Mendonça (Poet and Head of the Vatican Secret Archives).

Includes:
A Necessary Realism
José Pedro Cortes
Co-published by Pierre von Kleist editions and MNAC - Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal
Softcover with dust jacket, 19x26.5 cm, 240 pag., 148 images (view images here)
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'Trucks (Dubai)', 2016, Digital C-Print, 18.5x26 cm

Book and print in hard case.
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