José Pedro Cortes [photographer]
Things here still come
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For nine months, José Pedro Cortes lived in Tel Aviv. During this period, he met four young Jewish women who were born in the USA. They had all decided, at the age of 18, to go to Israel to do their military service. After completing the required two years of service, they decided to stay and live in this idyllic Middle Eastern city.

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Costa
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Just 14 km south of Lisbon, where José Pedro Cortes lives, Costa da Caparica has drawn him back again and again over the years, a place he finds magnetic.

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Own's Arena
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One’s Own Arena is the final moment in a trilogy, after Things Here and Things Still to Come (2011) and Costa (2013).
This time the territory is Toyama, Japan

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