Valter Vinagre

In 2006, Valter Vinagre won the Prémio Autores (Authors Prize) by Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (Portuguese Society of Authors) for “Posto de Trabalho”, a look over roadside prostitution. It marked the photographer’s return to the road after “Pára” (2003): a series of images of places, flowers and memorials built to grieve car accidents victims. The preference for this type of scenario doesn’t come as a surprise at all: Valter Vinagre was born and grew up with Nacional 1 road on his back, in Avelãs de Caminho, Anadia.