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  • La Fosse, Belgium. Smiling stone face with wide open eyes looking at you during our international work-camp experience on La Fosse Mill.
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  • Maria Martins clean her face dirty by the sharcoal dust. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Litle Andre has is face dirt by sharcoal dust, during his vacations he's helping the grandmother, Idalina Moita, to catch the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins pick up the warm sharcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins load two bags of sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins and Alcides Rainho (L) pickin up  sharcoal to a basket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A pile of sharcoal burning in the stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina's hands catch the hot sharcoal, she's doing this job has a second one, to help her with the family finances . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The couple Joao Paulo and Sandra Martins covering the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Joao Paulo covers the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho cover the wood pile with straw and then with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins lights the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins's hand hold a spade she used to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins shows her dark hands  of charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (L), Secundino Martins  dismantle the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins shows her dark hands  of charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, charcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins hold a piece of sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho picking up the coal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Bags with charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho picking up the coal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins take a break as she covers the pile off wood with sand to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia  Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita puts the sharcoal from the basket  in bags. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita and her grandson Andre picks up the sharcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Coal in a bascket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita picks up the sharcoal from a dismantle stove as another  (R) one his still burning the wood to make the coal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Joao Paulo and Sandra Martins dismantle and picking the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita's  son Ricardo (R) and grandson Andre take some of the vacations time to help her to pick up the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see.
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins (R), Secundino Martins put the wood pile, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins pick up the sharcoal to a basket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins and Alcides Rainho (L) cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins  cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins blow to light the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins blow to light the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita picks up the sharcoal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • At the end of Tuesday, great expectation among the mob. The prizes for best suits (both groups and individual) are announced. The head of the mop group? receives the 1st prize for Groups category. Behind, old dolls group got the 4th position and double-faced sun group score 2nd. Most of the suits are homemade and despite some of the quite inventive, usually are low budget and handmade.
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  • Sculptures from the Roman period, National Museum of Roman Art in Merida, Extremadura region . The WAY OF SAINT JAMES or CAMINO DE SANTIAGO following the Silver Way, between Seville and Astorga, SPAIN. Tradition says that the body and head of St. James, after his execution circa. 44 AD, was taken by boat from Jerusalem to Santiago de Compostela. The Cathedral built to keep the remains has long been regarded as important as Rome and Jerusalem in terms of Christian religious significance, a site worthy to be a pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. In addition to people undertaking a religious pilgrimage, there are many travellers and hikers who nowadays walk the route for non-religious reasons: travel, sport, or simply the challenge of weeks of walking in a foreign land. In Spain there are many different paths to reach Santiago. The three main ones are the French, the Silver and the Coastal or Northern Way. The pilgrimage was named one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 1993. When there is a Holy Compostellan Year (whenever July 25 falls on a Sunday; the next will be 2010) the Galician government's Xacobeo tourism campaign is unleashed once more. Last Compostellan year was 2004 and the number of pilgrims increased to almost 200.000 people.
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  • Portrait of an old man in Cañaveral, Caceres province, Extremadura region, Spain . The WAY OF SAINT JAMES or CAMINO DE SANTIAGO following the Silver Way, between Seville and Astorga, SPAIN. Tradition says that the body and head of St. James, after his execution circa. 44 AD, was taken by boat from Jerusalem to Santiago de Compostela. The Cathedral built to keep the remains has long been regarded as important as Rome and Jerusalem in terms of Christian religious significance, a site worthy to be a pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. In addition to people undertaking a religious pilgrimage, there are many travellers and hikers who nowadays walk the route for non-religious reasons: travel, sport, or simply the challenge of weeks of walking in a foreign land. In Spain there are many different paths to reach Santiago. The three main ones are the French, the Silver and the Coastal or Northern Way. The pilgrimage was named one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 1993. When there is a Holy Compostellan Year (whenever July 25 falls on a Sunday; the next will be 2010) the Galician government's Xacobeo tourism campaign is unleashed once more. Last Compostellan year was 2004 and the number of pilgrims increased to almost 200.000 people.
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  • April 2015. Brussels. People walk on the streets near a big mural.
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  • Campos family, one of the historical in Cabanas Carnival, fitting their masks. Fernando Campos, Carnival Association President?s, and his wife, Manuela Ribeiro help preparation of the double-faced sun group. Some friends come every year from Lisbon, 270km away, just for the carnival.
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  • Mount Cara (Face) is one of the features that sorround Mindelos harbour. it is said that it resemble the face and body of an asleep George Washington.
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  • Woman with Thanaka in her face. Thanka is a natural face Powder very common in Myanmar, it is belived to the skin protect from the sun.<br />
Note: These images are not distributed or sold in Portugal
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador: One of the Narcisa’s grandsons, hide his face when he ears conversations about the earthquake, 10th October 2016. “He got really scared when the earthquake happened. He had many nightmares on the following nights and when replicas occurred” says Narcisa. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • LA graffiti on a back door of the center shows a crox with a sad face illustration. The walls of the center are like an improvised journal of the past and present residents. FEDASIL Rixensart asylum center. Rixensart, Belgium. April 2015. I took these photographs during an international volunteer program that I liderate with an international volunteering group.
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  • "Islam" graffiti with a happyt face on the asylum center's wall left by one of its residents. The walls of the center are like an improvised journal of the past and present residents. FEDASIL Rixensart asylum center. Rixensart, Belgium. April 2015. I took these photographs during an international volunteer program that I liderate with an international volunteering group.
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  • Alan Yang has just woken up and he is washing his face.
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  • Street vendor selling turkish national flags with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk face imprinted. Ataturk is considered to be the founder of The Turkish Republic.
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  • In the centre of Johannesburg the Central Methodist Church offer a shelter to a large number, around 3000, of immigrant, most of them from Zimbabwe. Every day around 300 Zimbabweans cross the border entering in South Africa. Despite the precarious conditions the Church became a reference point for the ones that entering in the country have to face new difficulties.
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  • Demonstrators remove pavement stones from the Portuguese parliament's premisses to be thrown during protests in a nation wide strike against further austerity policies applied to an already deeply depressed economy, against loss of sovereignty and internal decision making to foreign creditors' commands. Protesters demand that the Portuguese government consults with it's constituency rather than with creditors, markets, private enterprise or lobbies.<br />
Populations in Portugal and Europe face increasingly aggressive policies under foreign creditors' demand for an economy reframe that prescribes a levelling of most social and labor rights, conquered in the last century, to make room for private enterprise over public property and resources.<br />
Public functions and services are increasingly extinct. Labor is devalued and basic public services are privatised to meet foreign creditors' demands. Access to once public basic services, still supposedly insured by taxpayers, is at jeopardy.
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  • Demontrators march in downtown Lisbon around the Finance Ministry headquarters during a nation wide strike against further austerity policies applied to an already deeply depressed economy, against loss of sovereignty and internal decision making to foreign creditors' commands. Protesters demand that the Portuguese government consults with it's constituency rather than with creditors, markets, private enterprise or lobbies.<br />
Populations in Portugal and Europe face increasingly aggressive policies under foreign creditors' demand for an economy reframe that prescribes a levelling of most social and labor rights, conquered in the last century, to make room for private enterprise over public property and resources.<br />
Public functions and services are increasingly extinct. Labor is devalued and basic public services are privatised to meet foreign creditors' demands. Access to once public basic services, still supposedly insured by taxpayers, is at jeopardy.
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  • Demontrators march in downtown Lisbon around the Finance Ministry headquarters during a nation wide strike against further austerity policies applied to an already deeply depressed economy, against loss of sovereignty and internal decision making to foreign creditors' commands. Protesters demand that the Portuguese government consults with it's constituency rather than with creditors, markets, private enterprise or lobbies.<br />
Populations in Portugal and Europe face increasingly aggressive policies under foreign creditors' demand for an economy reframe that prescribes a levelling of most social and labor rights, conquered in the last century, to make room for private enterprise over public property and resources.<br />
Public functions and services are increasingly extinct. Labor is devalued and basic public services are privatised to meet foreign creditors' demands. Access to once public basic services, still supposedly insured by taxpayers, is at jeopardy.
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  • David Martins stands in his shoe repair shop. Mr. Martins started working at eight years old on October the 5th, the anniversary of the Implementation of the Republic after the overthrow of monarchic rule. At the time of Mr. Martins' first working day, still a child, the date was a normal business day. The date would later be established as a national holiday, one of the most important ones to be celebrated, rejecting absolutism and celebrating democracy. In 2013 the date will no longer be a holiday once again, a government measure to cut deficit by reducing public holidays. Mr. Martins, now 78, earns a pension of a couple hundred euros which doesn't allow him to stop working. For him, who since his eight years old never stopped working, this is a circle that now closes, back to days when the date was a normal labour day with no celebrations of revolution, popular sovereignty or democracy and when nothing was illegal in face of a rising world of capitalism. Not even child labor.
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  • The call for a general strike in various European countries as it passes through Spain a final day marked by violence between riot police and protesters anti system.<br />
Cortefiel is one of the strongest companies in the fashion industry in Spain.<br />
The adhesive on the face of the billboard model belongs to the National Confederations of Workers.
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  • Most of the refugees present in the only refugee camp in Mozambique didn't want to stay in the country but they would like to find an african coountry where they right are better respected. In Maratane Refugee camp there are several nationality, there are refugees from Congo, Ruwanda, Uganda, Darfur, Sudan and in the last six months arrived also a large number of refugee from Somalia and Ethiopia. A somalian ferugee cover his face because he doesn't want to be recognized.
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  • A dejected Al Martinez sits atop a water cooler after losing his fight, in the background another fighter ices his face in the mirror.  Al Martinez was a boxer before contemplating a shot a Ultimate fighting, this was Al's first and last fight after losing it.  Ultimate fighting is a mixed martial arts type of fighting where almost any type of strike is possible.  Anything from punches to kicks to knee thrusts are legal, creating a type of extreme fighting in the ring.  The popularity of ultimate fighting in the United States has skyrocketed since the mainstream media has given it greater coverage.
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  • 2009/11/16 20:19:00 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2302<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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Chrisana Bruny, 84, has her face caked with plaster as she works on patching the wall of her small house on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • Face painting in the village green park during the exhibitions for thanking for the hospitality at the small village of Salto, Montalegre. European Rainbow Gathering of 2011 in Portugal
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  • Athens, greece - Two kids receive some food from a charity organization. The Hellenic Statistical Authority reports 22.9% of all types of families with children under the age of 18 are on the verge of or face the danger of poverty. Greek economical crisis started in 2008. The so-called Austerity measures imposed to the country by the “Troika” (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) to reduce its debt, were followed by a deep recession and the worsening of life conditions for millions of people. Unemployment rate grew from 8.5% in 2008 to 25% in 2012 (source: Hellenic Statistical Authority).<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Immigrants of various nationalities are carried to the Deportation Camps by the police bus. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Riasat Ali, 47, Pakistan immigrant, victim of a violent racist attack. One of the stabs he received missed his heart by only 1 cm. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) caused the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Aftab Ali, 22, from Pakistan, lies in a bed in Kat Hospital after being repeatedly stabbed from a group of Golden Dawn activists. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Afghan kids play in an abandoned park in the centre of Athens. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - A scene of urban loneliness and desperation. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Lunch at Athens Municipality Charity soup Kitchen. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - An immigrant without insurance receives free Health medication in the offices of Medecins du Monde. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Iftikhar Ahmad, from Pakistan. He and his flatmates recounts they have been violently attacked by some police officials who abruptly entered their house while they were sleeping. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - A police officer checking the documents of a group of immigrants. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - An immigrant brings his newborn baby suffering from bronchiolitis in the medical centre of Medecins Du Monde, an NGO which helps immigrants and Greek people who don't have medical insurance. He will be later told they can't help him, as they don't have the possibility to cure babies under 6 months. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Raihana Noori, 38, refugee from Afghanistan, inside her house-prison. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
    h_00021546.jpg
  • Athens, Greece - An immigrant from Bangladesh, in the office of the Bangladesh Community Association. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
    h_00021544.jpg
  • Athens, Greece - Graffitis expressing solidarity with the migrants on Athens University walls. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Ayeni Adegboyega, 26, from Nigeria. He was beaten and suffered a head injury, near Victoria metro station. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Nigerian Reverend Jimoh B. Adebajo during his Sunday sermon in his Apostolic church near Platia Amerikis, North-Center of Athens. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, greece - Immigrants in line at the Municipal Charity soup kitchen. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Omonia square. Police arrests An African immigrant. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - A man belonging to the Tanzanian Community Recreational Centre who was semi destroyed by a Golden Dawn attack last September 16th, 2012. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan immigrant, in his house in Peristeri. He and his flatmates recounts they have been violently attacked by some police officials who abruptly entered their house while they were sleeping. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Yasir Ikbal, 28, from Pakistan, in front of his house near Pireus port. Last september 16th, 2012, he was attacked on a bus from a group of ten Golden Dawn activists and reported a head injury. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) caused with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Simon Sobahan, 25, from Bangladesh. He was victim of a racist attack during which he got his arm broken. The doctors tell him he needs surgery to recover, but he doesn't have health insurance. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis.<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Kalhed, 28, Pakistan refugee. On September 17th, 2012, he was attacked in the street by 12 Golden Dawn activists, who beat him up and broke his nose. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) coincided with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - Mohammadi Ali Noori, 38, from Afghanistan, with his son Amir, 5. He's looking for recycle materials that he can later sell in specialized centers. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) caused with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, greece - An Afghan refugee with his children, in the apartment he sublets with other two families. They rarely go out, fearing racist attacks and police controls ending in their deportation to the Immigration Camps. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) caused with the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • Athens, Greece - A Tanzanian recreational centre near Platia Amerikis. On September 26th, 2012, it was semi destroyed by an attack of around 100 far right extremists. In Greece, the deep recession due to the Austerity Measures imposed by the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund) caused the worsening in life conditions of both the native population and the immigrant one. The latter had to face not only an enormous increase of poverty and unemployment -often leading to homelessness- but also the rise in popularity of Golden Dawn, an ultranationalist party which got 18 seats in Parliament after June 2012 election. G.D. propaganda and actions are all based on racism and hate towards the foreign communities, blamed to be one of the main causes of the crisis<br />
Bruno Simões Castanheira
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  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
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  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
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  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Tua River.
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  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
    h_00022485.jpg
  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
    h_00022482.jpg
  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
    h_00022484.jpg
  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Douro River.
    h_00022483.jpg
  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic). <br />
<br />
Tua River.
    h_00022481.jpg
  • DUR DURIS<br />
<br />
That day, the youngest of three brothers was the last to wake up. It was called Douro and awoke with a start, from a sleep that only do the rivers and, to date, only legends could witness. While the brothers Tejo and Guadiana, could quietly stream down the mountain, choosing softer land and plains, the Douro had to face the hard way, through the rocky canyons of northern Portugal.<br />
Today, these images take the same stony path, perhaps to prevent that the river falls asleep. The construction of large dams tamed the course of the Douro, but in the riverbanks, the legend continues to endure with the eternal confrontation and dialogue that carved the rock, the mountain and the man.<br />
Distant from the route of the river cruises where the water is just one more road, flat, between floodgates. I preferred to embark on a counter-current journey along the Douro and its tributaries (Támega, and Corgo).<br />
<br />
 Still life or artificial construction that with time became simple artifice. A journey in search of the humans transformed by the rock and a landscape petrified by the absence of local people.<br />
The course of the river is the only thread of this route without a guide, where the mirror-like waters may be merely a reflection of its inhabitants. Waking up late but waking up on time to track down this river that carved rocks and dilutes people in hard (Duris in Latin) water (Dur in Celtic).
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