Tag: Daniel Rodrigues

Latin American Pictures of the Year – The New York Times

Latin American Pictures of the Year

Despite the challenges facing photojournalism, the winners of the latest Pictures of the Year Latam competition show how they are surging forward by staying true to their vision, not copying others.

via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/latin-american-pictures-of-the-year/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

A Portuguese photographer, Daniel Rodrigues — who only five years ago was unemployed and had to sell his gear to buy food and pay the rent — has been named Ibero-American Photographer of the Year in the fourth POY Latam contest. Santi Palacios of Spain was awarded second place and Andres Kudacki of Argentina took third.

June 1, 2017
Hot, free and dangerous: A train ride in Mauritania – The Washington Post

Hot, free and dangerous: A train ride in Mauritania

On board the ‘Iron Train’ in Mauritania.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/02/12/hot-free-and-dangerous-a-train-ride-in-mauritania/

Photographer Daniel Rodrigues rode back and forth twice, climbing onto the mounds that sank beneath his weight and turned his clothes burnt orange. Fellow passengers wrapped their heads and faces with long pieces of cloth to ward off the hot winds of the desert, or the iron dust that pierced their skin like tiny needles

February 12, 2016