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Tommaso Protti

Where the River Turns
About Tommaso Protti

Tommaso Protti was born in Mantova, Italy, in 1986 and grew up in Rome. He graduated in Political Science and explored several career paths before and after his studies.

In 2010, he took his first steps with photography and in 2011 he moved to London where accomplished a Masters degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication.

Since then, he has worked as a freelance photographer devoting himself to documenting stories in Turkey, Italy and Brazil. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall, Les Recontres d’Arles, Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Belfast Photo Festival, 10b photography gallery, Fotoleggendo and the Macro Museum in Rome and his work has been featured in internationally prominent publications including: The New York Times, Time, National Geographic, The New Yorker and Le Monde among others.

Tommaso is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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  • Ta Cheio: It’s Too Full
    Tommaso Protti
    Brazil’s prison population is the fourth largest in the world, just after the US, China and Russia—but it’s growing faster than any other country’s and severe overcrowding is plaguing the penal system to the point of bursting.
  • Where the River Turns
    Tommaso Protti
    A proposed dam in Brazil has brought jobs and the promise of energy to a depressed region while at the same time threatening to destroy the environment and displace 20,000-40,000 people—an exploration of the complex issue through a variety of lenses.
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