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Pomerode – A small Germany inside Brasil

by Andrea Testoni


Ms. Irmgard Palman, 82 years old, even though she was born and lived all her life in Brazil, she speaks only German and cannot understand Portuguese. Pomerode, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Andrea Testoni is part of a collective of women working with media called “Madremedia”. Her activities range from developing personal-based documentary projects to daily shifts as a freelance photographer. Andrea works regularly with British Charities and NGO’s like Shelter, Mencap, Action Aid, Sense. Her work centres on social and human rights issues, immigration, women and disability. I have been developing a long term project about people living with disability intends to show how people overcome obstacles in life, sometimes discovering a new talent inside themselves.

For more of Andrea Testoni's work, see: www.andreatestoni.com

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