• Trabajo sobre cerdos el trabajo se llama PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain)
  • Imágenes surrealistas en cada uno de estos países.

GALERIA

MONDELLO, SICILY, ITALY - JANUARY 21, 2011: abandoned buildings at Pizzo Sella. Not far from Palermo. The buildings have been embargoed by the local Court for almost 2 decades, after a dispute between ambientalists and a local promoter. The story of the houses in Pizzo Sella, begins in 1978, when the Sicilcalce spa - a company close to the then boss of Cosa Nostra Michele Greco got 314 building permits. This is just another "ecomonster" in the Mediterranean coasts. A curse that has hit all the P.I.G.S. and is still difficutl to fight against, because of very rooted political corruption, and links between politicians and the mafias. Photo by Carlos Spottorno / Getty Images
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Siracusa, Italy, 22-10-2010: an inmigrant is sitting in a park in fornt of the ruins of a unique normand medieval church. In the background, the "Madonna delle Lacrime Santuary", projected in the 50's, and built in the 70's after an international contest. Often in Italy, and also in other countries in Europe, politicians try to leave something memorable behind. The local population doesn't always agree with this kind of plans. In fact, this sanctuary was rejected by the people of Siracusa for 20 years before they started building it.
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SINTRA, PORTUGAL - MAY 16 2013: a guard at the entrance of the National Palace of Sintra displays self confidence. and authority. In a culture where hierarchy is still pertinent , being the master of your own square meter is more relevant that one might think. Everyone tends to protect their own area of influence, as a very precious asset. As a photographer, I have experienced the capriciousness of security guards many times. This is my tribute to them.
LISBON, PORTUGAL - MAY 14 2013: the faculty of Humanities at the University of Lisbon. Compared to the nearstanding school of Engineers, this faculty looks like a derelict building. In the last decades Humanities have lost students, and funds. Perceived as less profitable that scientific carrers, Philosophy, Literature, and Classical History are quickly fading from the educational offer. Not by elimination, but by slow and simple starvetion. Another basic asset sacrified for the sake of immediate profitability.
Athens, Greece, 05-05.2012: people walking at the flea market. Inside a garbage container, a homeless looks for clothes or any other thing to take with him. After years of deep economic crisis, enduring hard austerity measures, and with no clear future in the horizon, Greece has become a poor country, and in 2012 there were loud talks about the pertinence of its permanence in the euro zone.
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LISBON, PORTUGAL - JULY 17, 2011: an old woman stands on street stairs. Plants grow on the steps and there's garbage accumulated. The public services budget has been reduced, so it takes longer to clean the srteets and erase graffitis from the walls and tramways. Photo by Carlos Spottorno / Getty Images
CACHOPO, ALGARVE, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 12 2011: a woman cleans the front of her home, standing on a stair in a balcony with no railing, nor any security measure. Photo by Carlos Spottorno / Getty Images
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MOLLINA, SPAIN - AUGUST 12 2009: Young men play mud-football. The budget for patronal festivities has been cut so much that only very cheap activities were possible. Photo by Carlos Spottorno / Getty Images
Estoril-Sol Residence building replaced the old Hotel Estoril-Sol at the back of an ancient heritage house
San Roque, Andalucia. Sunbathers during summer holidays stand on the beach, ignoring the massive cranes in front of them. The wild industrialization of some coastal ares has made very difficult to find a beach with no buildings or massification. Spain still suffers from a certain lack of environmental protection culture. Local politics play also an important role in the speculative movements that lead too often to building and natural disasters like this.
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PALERMO, SICILY, ITALY, 20-10-2010: ruins in the old part of town. During the american invasion in WWII nearly 40.000 people lost their homes. Instead of restoring them, the local politician, together with the mafia capos planned a speculative plan that kept the old ruins from being rebuilt. Instead, thousands of new concrete blocks were built in all the Golden Valley, surrounding Palermo. The operation lasted until early 80's, and was called "Il sacco di Palermo". Today they are slowly restoring the Old part of Palermo, but there are still hundreds of ruins coexisting with functional homes.
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Algeciras, Spain, 16-08-2009: A man sleeps siesta in the street. Despite the widely spread stereotype of the lazy siesta-sleeper spanirds, and the very depressed context of the area, Algeciras harbor is increasing in container traffic, reaching 90 million tons in 2012, only 10% smaller that Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
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