In Alto Tâmega, a region bathed by a river of the same name, Tâmega, in the north of Portugal, Iberdrola, a Spanish energy company is going to build a new barrage complex. The landscape and social scenario is going to change. I have been assigned to document the entire project, since it’s beginning until it ends. At the same time I have found a new place, physically and emotionally. Strange it may seem it was the first time I visited the land where my grandfather had grown up. After listening to stories of the place since my childhood I finally can give an image to them, I finally materialize some ideas that existed only in the form of dreams. My grandfather is dead, but it’s like I’m getting to know him again.

Miguel Ribeiro Fernandes                               Alto Tâmega                       go backportfolio.html