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Long bio

João Pina, born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1980. Started to work as a photographer at the age of 18 and at the age of 21 shifted his focus to work mostly in Latin America, and has worked in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay.In 2004-2005 enrolled in the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography program of the International Center of Photography in New York, USA.In 2007 published his first book “Por teu livre pensamento” featuring the stories of 25 former Portuguese political prisoners.His work has been published in The New York Times, Newsweek, The New Yorker, GEO, Stern, El Pais, D Magazine, Observer, Expresso and Visão among others.He has exhibited his work in New York, London, Tokyo, Brussels, Perpignan, Hannover, Lisbon, and Porto. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 2007 until late 2010 he mostly focused on documenting the remnants of a military operation named Operation Condor aimed at destroying the political opposition to the military dictatorships in South America during the 1970s. He is now based in Paris, France.

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Publications

The New Yorker , 10/5/2009 , http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/10/05/091005_audioslideshow_riogangster
The New York Times , 5/2010 , http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/showcase
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Exhibitions

For Your Free Thinking , 01/2008 , Point of View Gallery
New York City
Gangland , 11/5/2009 , KGaleria
Lisbon

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Grants

Estacão Imagem grant (Portugal) , 2010 , o PREC já não mora aqui

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Awards & Prizes

No Awards Found.

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Agency

Kameraphoto
Redux Pictures