honorable mention
tommaso rada portugal
title
The Danube Isn't Blue
Behind the riverbanks of the Danube, time is frozen in a moment between the present and the 1989. The borders are the periphery of the periphery, where contradictions become normality, Romania and Bulgaria are the periphery of the European Union, the Danube is the line that separate and unite this two similar and, yet, very different realities.
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entry description
Romania and Bulgaria are the two countries with the highest number of kilometres on the Danube; they have been also the latest countries to join the European Union. But Brussels is far away from here, and Europe is still a place where to go to find a job or a sign of an unfinished road. Bulgaria and Romania are among the poorest countries in Europe.Behind the riverbanks of the Danube, time is frozen in a moment between the present and the 1989. The borders are the periphery of the periphery, where contradictions become normality, Romania and Bulgaria are the periphery of the European Union, the Danube is the line that separate and unite this two similar and, yet, very different realities.
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