Verbos
The eight different industries represented in Verbos belong to Portugal's industrial tradition and have long been associated with the country's economic health. In an era of de-localization and outsourcing, they have become synonymous with un-employment and hardship. As verbs might, the workers I photographed have been changed from transitive to intransitive entities. Their readiness to forsake personal health in exchange for a salary has been deemed insufficient and rendered redundant. These photographs are about both the use and exploitation of the body, as a means of survival and as a mere instrument of production.Untitled #1 Flor do Campo, Portugal, 2001 01 / 40 
Untitled #2 Flor do Campo, Portugal, 2001 02 / 40 
Untitled #3 Flor do Campo, Portugal, 2001 03 / 40 
Untitled #4 Flor do Campo, Portugal, 2001 04 / 40 
Untitled #5 Flor do Campo, Portugal, 2001 05 / 40 
Untitled #1 Vida Style, Bulgaria, 2002 06 / 40 
Untitled #2 Vida Style, Bulgaria, 2002 07 / 40 
Untitled #3 Vida Style, Bulgaria, 2002 08 / 40 
Untitled #4 Vida Style, Bulgaria, 2002 09 / 40 
Untitled #5 Vida Style, Bulgaria, 2002 10 / 40 
Untitled #1 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 11 / 40 
Untitled #2 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 12 / 40 
Untitled #3 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 13 / 40 
Untitled #4 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 14 / 40 
Untitled #5 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 15 / 40 
Untitled #6 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 16 / 40 
Untitled #7 Primus Victoria, Portugal 2002 17 / 40 
Untitled #1 Knorr, Portugal 2003 18 / 40 
Untitled #2 Knorr, Portugal 2003 19 / 40 
Untitled #3 Knorr, Portugal 2003 20 / 40 
Untitled #4 Knorr, Portugal 2003 21 / 40 
Untitled #5 Knorr, Portugal 2003 22 / 40 
Untitled #6 Knorr, Portugal 2003 23 / 40 
Untitled #1 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 24 / 40 
Untitled #2 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 25 / 40 
Untitled #3 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 26 / 40 
Untitled #4 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 27 / 40 
Untitled #5 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 28 / 40 
Untitled #6 Madrugada, Portugal, 2002 29 / 40 
Untitled #1 Marividros, Portugal, 2002 30 / 40 
Untitled #2 Marividros, Portugal, 2002 31 / 40 
Untitled #3 Marividros, Portugal, 2002 32 / 40 
Untitled #4 Marividros, Portugal, 2002 33 / 40 
Untitled #1 Blaupunkt, Portugal, 2003 34 / 40 
Untitled #2 Blaupunkt, Portugal, 2003 35 / 40 
Untitled #3 Blaupunkt, Portugal, 2003 36 / 40 
Untitled #1 Bombardier, Portugal 37 / 40 
Untitled #2 Bombardier, Portugal 38 / 40 
Untitled #3 Bombardier, Portugal 39 / 40 
Untitled #4 Bombardier, Portugal 40 / 40