From October 2018 to September 2021, José Pedro Cortes followed Portuguese triple jumper Patrícia Mamona through her training at the Centro de Alto Rendimento do Jamor in Lisbon, working almost invisibly alongside her. The result is the portrait of a solitary performer, where body and mind are constantly balanced between determination and exhaustion, and where she is her only competitor.
The project ended a month after she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics with a personal and national record of 15.01 metres. Throughout the book, her daily routine unfolds alongside a parallel montage of that winning jump.
Published in 2023.
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.
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.
