it has been said that the usa porn industry is equal in production and revenue to mainstream usa cinema......seems we are now to have our own "san fernando" valley of film making..this from the algarve observer




Large-scale sex business in the Algarve
Faro to have a pornography studio
10/19/2005 1:00:00 AM
A well-known producer of pornographic films is to set up a studio near Faro, and has already acquired a piece of land for this purpose. The Algarve is regarded as a paradise for people working in the sex industry. The girls come from Hungary and the Czech Republic.

The company, which is based in London, decided to move all of its production to the Algarve after spending the last ten years travelling between England and the city of Faro. Why? The great climate in the Algarve, the many days of sunshine and the low cost of living justified the move, Viv Thomas, a well-known photographer in the pornography industry and owner of ‘VivThomas.com’ told the Algarve Observer.

The company, which regularly produces material for magazines like ‘Penthouse’ or ‘Mayfair’ or channels like Playboy TV, has already acquired a piece of land outside Faro, where they plan to build a house with a garden, pool, fountains and four bedrooms. The idea is to transform the place into the “perfect location” for photographic production and pornographic films. Viv Thomas said it would be the studio of his dreams.

In this way, the company will have to resort less often to the renting of luxury residences near Quinta do Lago or Vale do Lobo, two tourist resorts where ‘VivThomas.com’ works quite regularly.

The photographer says that the Algarve is a real paradise for pornography and that there are many English colleagues in the profession who frequently travel to the south of Portugal for their productions.

Viv Thomas said that it is much cheaper to produce here, and that in addition it is a very pleasant area for enjoying themselves between work. He stressed that the sex sessions were very discreet and that they did not want to inconvenience anyone, adding that they were normal people, not pornographic idiots, nor disturbed or perverted.

The company intends to move lock, stock and barrel to the south of the country by the end of the year. The first work made entirely in the Algarve can be seen from the beginning of 2006.

Viv Thomas said that the “work force” is contracted in the Czech Republic and Hungary, EU countries where there are many beautiful women at much more affordable prices.

and theres more....wonder what portuguese women will make of this comment about the local market being "VERY LIMITED"



A Portuguese woman has already worked for the photographer
Models seduced by shopping and restaurants
10/19/2005 1:00:00 AM
For the models who work for ‘VivThomas.com’ in the Algarve, there are plenty of shopping outings and meals of shellfish between working sessions, which normally take place in Quinta do Lago or Vale do Lobo.

They are tall, blonde, beautiful and sculptured. It would be wrong to think that the models who work for the photographer Viv Thomas are third rate. The company selects its candidates to be the next stars of the pornography industry in the Czech Republic and Hungary. He said that they are EU citizens and can fly to Faro very easily, adding that he only once worked with a Portuguese woman because he regards the local market as “very limited”.

In the most recent working session in the Algarve, Viv worked with five Hungarian women whom he described as being mad about shopping, shellfish and white wine; for him meals in a Quinta do Lago restaurant are “cheap”. Some off-set photos show moments of fun in the group, and outings to Forum Algarve, Praia de Faro and the Praça de Vale do Lobo, with a visit to the busy night life there.

He said, satisfied, that the girls like the Algarve a lot: the people are friendly, the places are pleasant and they go to plenty of restaurants; there are never any problems.
The production sessions normally take place in discreet houses, surrounded by vegetation, rented in Vale do Lobo or Quinta do Lago. The pool and the fountains often serve as the setting for steamy sex scenes, especially when the sun is bright, something there is no lack of in the Algarve.

that they were normal people, not pornographic idiots, nor disturbed or perverted.

That's a matter of opinion!

WOW where's that villa again?

And don't tell me the Algarve has changed for ever........Porn Studios....Formula one circuits...Harleys in Faro..Huge.....and Porno nights in Lisbon......Thank goodness for this, maybe I will stay here after all..Bloody Golf and more Golf....Beaches that everybody complains ( Yawn Yawn) of Doggy Pooh.....Oh what a beath of fresh air.....Its not the Porn I care for )Too Old to rise to the occation) I just feel the Algarve is dying...as it is as the rest of the old Eastern Block takes hold...we Need new things and ...great ...Nudo and fast cars is perfect---

Viv Thomas said that the “work force” is contracted in the Czech Republic and Hungary, EU countries where there are many beautiful women at much more affordable prices.[/quote]

Just about sums it up really - more affordable, probably because they're more desperate