International Projects
Portugal
Almost immediately after returning to Arizona from Japan in the summer of 1995, I left for Portugal at the invitation of the Portuguese Center for Photography. I was to be part of a larger project of photographers invited to make new work in selected areas of the country. I was assigned the Doro River Valley, the location where grapes are grown to make Port wine.
The Portuguese were warm and welcoming and it became an almost inverse experience to living in Japan after the earthquake tragedy. I was given a car to travel freely, money for expenses, and a translator. The photographs were made on a week-long trip from Porto to the Spanish border. Parts of that dry desert-like landscape seemed familiar, and I felt at home.
The work was exhibited and published in Portugal and in a book titled Terras Do Norte Encontros de Fotografia, 1995.
Advancing cloud near Barca D’alva 7/95
Boulder with cross road to Villa Nova de Foscoa 7/95
Cribs protecting corn Soajo 7/95
Damming the Douro between Portugal and Spain Saucelhe 7/95
Deed to land dated 1551 Sr. Pimentel, Quinta da Pachaea 7/95
Donkey grazing road to Miranda 7/95
Looking at terraces high above Douro above Pinhão 7/95
Looking at the grapes used for Port wine Douro River 7/95
Olive trees near Villa Nova de Foscoa 7/95
Olive trees near Villa Nova de Foscoa 7/95
Peering into window small sanctuary near Villa de Ponte 7/95
“Rio Douro” tile frieze at Pinhão Station 7/95
Sandeman Régua 7/95
Scarecrow near Lagoaca 7/95
Site of new and controversial dam Douro River 7/95
Small shrine above the Douro 7/95
Torn poster road to Vila Real 7/95
Waiting for the photographer above the Douro River 7/95
Wall made of stone slabs Serra do Mogadouro 7/95
Where the Douro River enters Portugal from Spain Miranda do Douro 7/95
Woman selling fruit along the road to Miranda do Douro 7/95