honorable mention
tommaso rada portugal
title
The Latest
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entry description
“Os Ultimos” is journey in the lower Portuguese social class, the struggle that 3 millions of Portuguese live every day, the 30% of Portuguese population considered poor. Several of these people cannot find a job, which is so lucky very often receive a salary under 400 euros per month. Very often these families live in decadent houses or in garages sometime without electricity other time without water. The problems began before the economical crisis and then they got worst: the salaries were cut; the state helps reduced or disappeared. The lack of instruction of some member of the families, the impossibility to find a job, the terrible condition of life are the signs of a system that failed, then the economical crisis and the laws done to solve it were just the lethal blow.about the photographer
Tommaso Rada is an Italian photographer currently living in the north of Portugal, in Braga. He attended several workshops taught by Alexandra Boulat and Gary Knight, Franco Pagetti, Jan Grarup. His works has been published in several magazines and newspapers such as Financial Time, Der Spiegel, Monocle, Popoli, Popoli e Missioni, Private online edition, Expresso, Helsingin Sanomat, Courrier International, Le Pelerin, Washington Post and Forbes Brazil. He collaborated with Unicef Mozambique, Comunità di Sant’Egidio and Habitat for Humanity Portugal.back to gallery