tommaso rada
Photographer / Based in Sao Paulo
Tommaso Rada is an Italian photographer currently living in São Paulo, Brasil. Tommaso Rada is a documentary photographer working on socio-economic issues. His projects describing the surrounding society are aims more to create questions than to looking for answers. His works has been published in several magazines and newspapers such as Financial Time, Der Spiegel, Monocle, Popoli, Popoli e Missioni, Private online edition, Expresso, Helsingin Sanomat, Courrier International, Le Pelerin, Washington Post and Forbes Brazil. He collaborated with Unicef Mozambique, Comunità di Sant’Egidio and Habitat for Humanity Portugal.
Exhibitions
CinEast - Down the Walls - Colective Exhibition, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2019)Maison Ville Nouveau, Personal Exhibition, Aosta, Italy (2018)
RPS Print Exhibition 159, Colective Exhibition, London, UK (2016)
Encontros da Imagem, Collective Exposition, Braga, Portugal (2015)
Outono Fotografico, Collective Exposition, Ourense, Spain (2015)
GuatePhoto, Collective Exposition, Guatemala (2015)
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia (2015)
Estação Imagem, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal (2014)
Estação Imagem, CPF, Porto, Portugal (2014)
Estação Imagem, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal (2012)
Estação Imagem, CPF, Porto, Portugal (2012)
Awards
PDN Photo Annual Awards - Personal Category - Winner (2018)Sony World Photography Awards - Natural World - Shortlist (2017)
APAD Backyard Storytelling Grant (2016)
Mifa - Honorable Mention Editorial Sport (2016)
Ideas Tap - Magnum Photos Photographer Funds - Longlist (2015)
IPA 2015 International Photography Award - Honorable Mention (2015)
ND Awards - 1st prize Editorial Sport (2015)
ND Awards - 3rd prize Editorial Photo Essay (2015)
MIFA - 3rd prize Sport (2015)
MIFA - 2nd prize Nature Pet (2015)
Fotovisura Grant For Outstanding Multimedia Project - Honorable Mention (2015)
Royal Photographic Society Print Exhibition - Finalist (2015)
Photon Valencia - Finalist / Valencia, Spain (2015)
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award - Finalist / Tblisi, Georgia (2015)
Estação Imagem - 2nd prize in the "Contemporary Issues" category / Mora, Portugal (2014)
Berlin Month of Photography Portfolio Review - Finalist / Berlin, Germany (2014)
Photon Valencia - Finalist / Valencia, Spain (2014)
Monochrome Awards - Professional Photojournalism Category - Honorable Mention (2014)
Photocraty Fund - Finalist (2014)
International Revela Award - Finalist / Madrid, Spain (2014)
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography Grant - Finalist (2014)
Estação Imagem - 1st prize in the "Environment" category / Mora, Portugal (2012)
AddRetouch Documentary Photography - Finalist / Madrid, Spain (2013)