honorable mention
tommaso rada portugal
title
Proud to be Pigeon
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entry description
Pigeons are often considered the rats of the sky but racing pigeons are far from it. Bred to fly for hours at high speed and to travel for hundreds of kilometres, racing pigeons look like beautiful and noble birds. Their breeders take care of their bird as they were precious pets also because some of them reach the value of several thousands of euros. When portrait the racing pigeons don’t look like regular street pigeon, they show their character almost like if they were humans.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