Leather and Fur Factory

• Photographer
  João Miguel Barros
• Prize
  Silver in Editorial / Environmental
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.jmb.photo

This project shows some images of a small family factory, a traditional tannery, and the machinery used in the process of transforming sheepskins and fox furs. Certain traditional crafts have been lost in the whirlwind of civilization and in the confrontation with environmental standards.

• Biography
  João Miguel Barros was born in 1958, in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a Lawyer by profession, in Lisbon and Macau. Recent individual exhibitions: “Creative Macau”, Macau (2017), “Museu Berardo”, Lisbon, (2018), “Macau Contemporary Art Center”, Macau (2019), Albergue SCM (2019) and “Fund. Rui Cunha, Macau (2020). He has also participated in several group exhibitions. He published three photobooks. Currently he is publishing the “Zine Photo” (www.zine.photo) including his own work. João Miguel Barros is also a freelance curator in contemporary photography.
• Awards
  2020: – Gold in the category “Press/Other” of the PX3, Paris, with the project “Jamestown” (Here: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2020/11524/) - Winner in the category “Single pictures” of the Fotofestival Lenzburg 2020, with the photo “Self-Portrait of A Not So Young Artist In Times of Crisis.” https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/en/times-under-pressure-exhibition-of-the-competition-pictures-category-single-picture/) - Silver in the category of Editorial/Sports of the MIFA, with the project “Akuapem”. (Here: https://www.moscowfotoawards.com/winners/moscow/2020/5374/) 2019: - 1st Place in the category “Photojournalism (Amateur)” of the FAPA – Fine Art Photography Awards, with the project “Wisdom”. (Here: https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2018-2019/amateur/photojournalism/gold-award) - Silver in the category of Editorial/Photo Essay of the MIFA, with the project “Wisdom”. (Here: https://www.moscowfotoawards.com/winners/moscow/2019/5169/) - Bronze in the category of Portrait / Children of the PX3, Paris, with the photo “Child’s Dream”. (Here: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2019/10629/) - 2nd Place in the category “Editorial/Press/Contemporary Issues" of the International Photography Awards, NY, with the project “Wisdom”. (Here: http://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-167824-19) 2018: - 3rd Place in the category “Press” of the PX3, Paris, with the project “Blood, Sweat & Tears” (Here: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2018/9729/) - 1st Place in the category “Editorial / Sports” of the International Photography Awards, NY, with the project “Blood, Sweat & Tears”. (Here: https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-159343-18) - 1st Place in the category Editorial of the TIFA, with the project “Blood, Sweat & Tears”. (Here: https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/tokyo/2018/4930/) - Gold Medal in the subcategory Editorial/Sports of the TIFA, with the project “Blood, Sweat & Tears”. (Here: https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/tokyo/2018/4319/)