João Pedro Marnoto, born in 1975 in Porto, Portugal, showed from an early age a passion for photography, taking his first basic photography course at the age of 14. After completing his degree in Photography in the United Kingdom, he went back home full of ideas and desires, always working on a Free-lance basis. Gradually turning most of his attention into documentary work, he got his first book released in 2007, about the Douro region in Portugal. Meanwhile he did some teaching, experimented with video, exhibited around Portugal after receiving a grant from the Portuguese Center of Photography to develop a personal project, and published both at national and international print media. In the present moment he is finishing his first video documentary, working to release a new book and started a project/collaboration with “Doctors of the World”.
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Portugal: Marnoto, from Sun to Salt
By Joao Pedro Marnoto
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 15 September 2009
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I start by emphasizing that this work on the Marnoto salt extraction has a deep personal resonance since it portrays an activity that most likely my ancestors had. Having Marnoto as the surname of my family, all of my paternal side comes from Ilhavo, a village very close to Aveiro, having lived very closely since [...]

Portugal: Nine Winter Months and Three of Hell
By Joao Pedro Marnoto
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 9 February 2009
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With the title taken from a popular expression from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes region, this work reflects about the people that leave beyond the slopes of the Douro River, engrained in the land that sustains it’s hunger and the faith that points towards the skies.

Involved in a mythical image of a land with history, consecrated [...]