APG - Algarve Photographers Group

01/01/2026

Save The Date!

27/11/2025

Please Do Join Us on opening night for our next exhibition tomorrow, November 28th at 19H at the Museu do Traje in Sao Bras.
Come meet the photographers, have some nibbles and vote for your favourite three photos. Look forward to seeing you!

24/07/2025

Please Do Join Us on opening night for our next exhibition tomorrow, July 25th at 19H at the Museu do Traje in Sao Bras.
Come meet the photographers, have some nibbles and vote for your favourite three photos. Look forward to seeing you!

29/05/2025

Please Do Join Us on opening night for our next exhibition tomorrow, May 30th at 19H at the Museu do Traje in Sao Bras.
Come meet the photographers, have some nibbles and vote for your favourite three photos. Look forward to seeing you!

22/04/2025

These are some of the winning photos in our latest exhibition, The Color Blue, at the Museu in Sao Bras de Alportel. Stop by and see the amazing photographs that will be on display till the end of May.
We are currently accepting new members. If you would like to join our group, please click here: https://www.algarvephotographersgroup.org/join-us/

02/04/2025

Thanks to Peter Kain for his awesome critique of the photographs submitted for The Color Blue exhibition today. We had over 15 in attendance, and all of us appreciated the comments and feedback. And specially the series shared by Daryl showing how he arrived at his winning photograph. Lots of great learnings!

Photo credits: Philip Houtekier

29/03/2025

Congratulations to Daryl Gabin for winning Photographer of the Month for his amazing photo titled Rays Of Blue last evening at the opening night of our The Color Blue exhibition! The exhibition runs till the end of May so if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s one you don’t want to miss!

13/03/2025

APG Awards 2025
We held our 4th annual awards ceremony on March 8th at the L'Olive Restaurant. The event was just not about recognition, but also to welcome the 16 newcomers that have joined us in 2025. And for his years of contribution and dedication, Neil Adamson was inducted as an honorary member of the APG.

Congratulations go to the winners of this years awards:
Order Of Merit: Mr. Robert Pool
President's Award: Mrs. Sharon Johnson
Viet Mueller Award: Mr. Robert Pool
Mary McClay Award: Mr. Daryl Gabin
Govert Sakkers Award: Mrs. Ina Tänzer
Rookie Award: Mr. Glyn Parry

A more detailed write-up with photos can be found on our website at https://www.algarvephotographersgroup.org/apg-awards-2025/

21/01/2025

Come and Join Us on opening night for our next exhibition Friday, January 31st at 19H at the Museu do Traje in Sao Bras.
Come meet the photographers, have some nibbles and vote for your favourite three photos. Look forward to seeing you!

30/11/2024

Congratulations to Ina Tanzer for winning Photographer of the Month for her amazing photo titled Fascinated by the Light last evening at the opening night of our Free Choice exhibition! The exhibition runs till the end of January so if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s one you don’t want to miss!

24/11/2024

Come and Join Us on opening night for our next exhibition Friday, November 29th at 19H at the Museu do Traje in Sao Bras.
Come meet the photographers, have some nibbles and vote for your favourite three photos. Look forward to seeing you!

18/10/2024

It is urgent to save the Costume Museum of São Brás de Alportel! (Museu do Traje)

Please sign the petition: Here is the translation of the text into English:

To: Honorable President of the Administrative Board of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of São Brás de Alportel; President of the Municipal Chamber of São Brás de Alportel; Bishop of the Algarve; President of the Union of Portuguese Misericórdias; President of the Algarve CCDR; Honorable Minister of Culture.

The unjustified suspension of the Museum’s director jeopardizes a project that has been honoring São Brás de Alportel for more than 20 years.

The Costume Museum of São Brás de Alportel is considered an exemplary case of Social Museology practice in Portugal. It is a museum at the service of the community, where people identify with and participate in its activities.

In a museum with only two permanent technical workers, around 60 people have joined, spread across various working groups. They find in the Museum a welcoming space where they work, voluntarily and graciously, on preserving memory, conducting historical research, collecting traditional techniques and tools, and cataloging and conserving items, all with a general focus on reflecting on the present and building the future. This group is joined by a larger one of about 800 members, spread across 36 different cultural activities, known as the Friends of the Museum.

The notoriety of the Costume Museum of São Brás de Alportel is due to its director, Emanuel Sancho, who took on the role in 1997 and, since then, has been building an innovative museological model with great dedication and competence, warmly embracing the many activities suggested by the community.

In 2007, Emanuel Sancho was one of the founders of the Algarve Museum Network, having served on its Coordinating Group multiple times.

In 2015, the Municipality of São Brás de Alportel awarded him the insignia of "Value and Altruism."

Emanuel Sancho’s merit is recognized by his peers, as he has held leadership roles in MINOM – the International Movement for New Museology (Portugal), since 2011 until the present day, currently serving as the vice-president of the Board.

In 2021, he won the "Museologist of the Year" award from APOM - the Portuguese Association of Museology.

Also in 2021, the São Brás de Alportel Municipal Chamber awarded him an official Commendation.

However, since 2016, the new Administrative Board of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of São Brás de Alportel, under a guardianship that should be understood as protection and support, began a latent conflict with the Museum, undermining its autonomy and weakening it.

Aware of his responsibilities and duties, the director stood up for the Museum and denounced repeated interferences in influential areas of cultural management, leading to an unequal and unjustified conflict, resulting in his suspension on 19/09/2024.

This arbitrary action poses a serious risk of losing all the work built over decades, thanks to the voluntary efforts of many, always welcomed with the enthusiasm and experience of director Emanuel Sancho.

We appeal for an end to indiscriminate interference from the governing board!

We urgently call for the director’s return to the Costume Museum of São Brás de Alportel!

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