Biography:
I am a 35 years old Portuguese documentary photographer based in between Lisbon and London. After studying Journalism at UCP in Lisbon (2007-2010) in December 2015 I completed an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London...
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Jamaica neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon. Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. Here people live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Vanusa Coshi, 35 years old, at her home. She lives back in the neighbourhood since 2017. For some years she was living in other places with better conditions but in 2017 due to work reasons she, her husband and their 7 kids had to move back to Jamaica. She is now in maternity leave from her Call Center work in Lisbon. In the right it is Vanusa oldest children.
Jamaica is a African / Portuguese community in Amora, it is located in the outskirts of Lisbon. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 people testing positive for Covid-19. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloombergn
Vanusa Coshi, 35 years old, is at home with her husband Flavio. They live back in the neighbourhood since 2017. For some years she was living in other places with better conditions but in 2017 due to work reasons they moved with their 7 kids back to Jamaica´s neighbourhood. She is now in maternity leave from her Call Center work in Lisbon. In the right it is Vanusa oldest children.
Jamaica is a African / Portuguese community in Amora, it is located in the outskirts of Lisbon. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 people testing positive for Covid-19. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Vanusa Coshi, 35 years old, gets out of her bathroom. She lives back in the neighbourhood since 2017. For some years she was living in other places with better conditions but in 2017 due to work reasons she, her husband and their 7 kids had to move back to Jamaica. She is now in maternity leave from her Call Center work in Lisbon.
Jamaica is a African / Portuguese community in Amora, it is located in the outskirts of Lisbon. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 people testing positive for Covid-19. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Aurora, 29 years old, helps her oldest son, Diego (11), with his homework. William, Aurora´s youngest son is watching TV. They live in Jamaica neighbourhood with lack of basic conditions. They live in an apartment with less than 20 m2. It rains inside. Aurora mentioned recently she had to move everything to one corner because of the rain in May. Jamaica neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon. Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. Here people live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Aurora´s mother is cleaning the backyard of their house. In the outskirts of Lisbon, Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Aurora, 29 years old, helps her oldest son, Diego (11), with his homework. They live in Jamaica neighbourhood with lack of basic conditions. They live in an apartment with less than 20 m2. It rains inside. Aurora mentioned recently she had to move everything to one corner because of the rain in May. Jamaica neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon. Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. Here people live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Jamaica neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon. Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. Here people live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Naine Jordao, 35 years old, was born in Angola and moved to Portugal when she was at early age. Naine is at her building entrance, she lives in one of the towers part of this neighbourhood. She lives in a very small apartment with her mother, her sister and her 5 children.
Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora, it is located in the outskirts of Lisbon. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 people testing positive for Covid-19. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Vanusa Coshi, 35 years old, lives back in the neighbourhood since 2017. For some years she was living in other places with better conditions but in 2017 due to work reasons she, her husband and their 7 kids had to move back to Jamaica. She is now in maternity leave from her Call Center work in Lisbon.
In the outskirts of Lisbon, Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg
Salimo Mendes is the president of the association that represents the residents of the neighbourhood. In the outskirts of Lisbon, Jamaica is an African / Portuguese community in Amora. People live with lack of very basic conditions. The neighbourhood had recently 16 positive cases of Corona Virus. May 9, 2020. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg