CULTURA MAGRA

LEAN CULTURE was a photographic work produced to the portuguese Estação Imagem Grant in 2011, with a strong local focus at Mora's municipality in Alentejo, where Paulo Alegria documented the cultural, sporting, recreational and humanitarian associations. The title comes from the idea that these groups are almost all leanly financed, surviving uniquely on the spirit of generosity and mutual support among its members.
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ALTO DO MINHO

Alto do Minho sets off from the lowlands to the high season, to show different shades. The before and after, which are the same immutable Atlantic cycles of the mountainous landscape. And the upper lands. Where the profane is mistaken for faith, such as the past with present times. Alto do Minho is more than a movie, it’s a moving portrait. Glimpses that may bear the epic background of Gance, but that are a pop ethnographic observation, which rises up to the dormant feeling.
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  • ''Aday'' with Margarida

    On May 15 2012, Aday.org asked people around the world to pick up their cameras to photograph daily life. Bringing together thousands of both amateur and professional photographers, the project mirrors how we lead our everyday lives...

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  • Safehouse

    In the course of the last three years, the photographer and his camera have been following the religious and pagan festivals of Alto Minho (Northern Portugal), in close proximity with the people who, as a way of life or just a matter of faith...

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  • Poesia, Amor e Saudade

    The Perre Cultural and Sports Association, from the 70’s decade have developed an intense cultural impetus, especially at the shows they took at the Parochial Hall. Today, at the end of this decade, in an aura of cooperation and goodwill...

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  • Tasca Quim Caxadinha 2010

    A series of portraits taken throughout the spring and summer of 2009 in various locations of Alto Minho, north of Portugal, in the itinerant tavern of Quim Caxadinha, and it was later used in a printed wall calendar of 2010 as its promotion.

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