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2013 The Recession Will Not Be Televised... { 13 images } Created 11 Apr 2020

The Recession Will Not Be Televised...
Porto. Portugal. August 2013. The city slumbers. A long, somnolent sleep during which they celebrate the saints and take a holiday. Beneath the still veneer is hidden a crisis. One that cannot be seen and cannot be heard. The crunching credit fuels a prolonged epoch of austerity across the Old Continent. In Portugal it is called the “invisible recession” or the “indoor recession”. You cannot see it, or hear it, but you can feel it. You know it is there but it does not show itself against Porto’s historic frontages and sloping magnificence. The Douro runs timeless. People carry on. Politicians come and go like the morning mist funnelling up the river and swirling around the bridges. There are ideas and then there is phlegmatic pragmatism. If the revolution starts here, it may start silently.

- Colin McPherson, 2013
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  • 'Empathy 60% off, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
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  • 'Empathy 60% off, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-01.jpg
  • 'House frontage, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-02.jpg
  • 'Hello Kitty, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-03.jpg
  • 'Young couple at a bus stop, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-04.jpg
  • 'Vacant business, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-05.jpg
  • 'Hotel bar, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-06.jpg
  • 'Thug life, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-07.jpg
  • 'Nothing to advertise, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-08.jpg
  • 'For sale, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-09.jpg
  • 'Grow your own, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-10.jpg
  • 'Vote, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-11.jpg
  • 'Shopping in pink shoes, 2013', from 'The Recession Will Not Be Televised' by Colin McPherson, a body of photographic work which looks at the visual representation of the ongoing economic crisis in Porto, Portugal.<br />
<br />
Colin McPherson is a photographer and visual artist born in Scotland in 1964. He works internationally on assignments, commissions and projects. He lives in the north west of England.
    130819CMC_Porto-12.jpg