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Vicente Jorge Lopes Gomes da Silva (b. Funchal, 8 November 1945; d. 8 September 2020); journalist, politician, cinephile, Vicente Gomes da Silva, founder of Photographia Vicente.
He was the son of Jorge Bettencourt Gomes da Silva, the last photographer at “Casa Vicente”, and Carmelita Maria Lopes Gomes da Silva.
Despite his great passion for cinema, he made a career in journalism, where he joined very young. At the age of fourteen, he was already signing “foco” a page of film criticism from “Jornal da Madeira”, which abruptly ceased due to “PIDE's” intervention, and which resulted in a tour of France and England. In the meantime, he continued to write chronicles on this topic in the “Diário de Notícias”, “Jornal da Madeira”, “Comércio do Funchal”. He also collaborated in “Eco do Funchal”, “Re-nhau-nhau”, “Presente” and “Diário da Madeira”. He was also a columnist in “Diário Económico”, “Diário de Notícias” (Lisbon) and in the weekly newspaper “Sol”.
In December 1966, he returned to Madeira, assuming the direction of “Comércio do Funchal”, a project that defined his career as a journalist. In 1974, he joined the newly created “Expresso”, where he was chief editor and deputy director. He was co-founder and first director of the newspaper “Público”, which had its first print run in 1990, from where he left for a short experience in the political activity, having been deputy to the Assembly of the Republic by the “PS”, in the IX Legislature.
As an author, he wrote a poetry book entitled “Equinócio” and in 1976 published the book “O 25 de Abril Visto da História: do 25 de Abril às Presidenciais”.
His passion for cinema did not fade over time and he made two amateur short films, “Miragem” and “O limite das Horas” (1961), the latter projected for the first time at “Photographia Vicente” studios on July 23, 1963. He was also the author of “O Discurso do Poder” (1976); “Vicente Fotógrafo” (1978); "Bicicleta – Ou o Tempo Que a Terra Esqueceu" (1979); “A Ilha de Colombo (1997)” and “Porto Santo” (1997), which was shown at the Geneva International Festival.

Credits: Museu de Fotografia da Madeira - Atelier Vicente's.

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