The iconography of April 25th through photography in the Portuguese press
Abstract
During the first days of 25 April, Portuguese photojournalism was able to capture the main events and, at the same time, forge a series of icons that have been linked ever since to the history of the Portuguese revolution. What is unique in the Portuguese case is that there are no single images to represent these revolutionary symbols, but rather various formulations of the same motif, which have alternated in public endorsement according to successive commemorative rereadings. This text studies the appearance of these foundational images in the context of the press of the time, their initial interpretation and their transmutation in the form of changing icons and myths over time.
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