Patterns

Reading the light

Two for the road

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow

Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead

Walk beside me… just be my friend”

(Albert Camus)

Let the sunshine in

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”

(Helen Keller)

Francisco

Retrato de rua feito à porta de um restaurante o que proporcionou o fundo escuro. O restaurante é o novo "Fruta da Casa" em Caldas da Raínha e o retratado é o seu cozinheiro Francisco.

Street portrait done at the door of a restaurant which provided the dark background. The restaurant is " Fruta da Casa" in Caldas da Rainha and the portrayed is Francisco the cook.

Out There

“Sometimes the wrong train can take us to the right place”

(Paulo Coelho)

Thinking Man

“Where does a thought go when it's forgotten?”

(Sigmund Freud)

Ellegance

“Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?”

(Yves Saint-Laurent)

The story of a red umbrella

Travessa Cova da Onça. Caldas da Rainha.

Três razões fizeram esta foto nascer: O vermelho do chapéu contrastando com o amarelo e a nesga de azul (as 3 cores primárias), as linhas de fuga acabando precisamente nos cantos do enquadramento e o rosto do manequim (the last but not the least) em 1º plano através da montra e que adiciona uma ponta de enigma (fundamental) - como se nos quisesse dizer algo. Talvez uma história sobre um guarda-chuva vermelho.

Three reasons to make this photo: a red umbrella contrasting with yellow and a patch of blue (the 3 primary colors), the lines ending precisely on the frame corners and (the last but not least) a mannequin face on foreground through the shop window that adds enigma - as if he wanted to say something to us. Maybe a story about a red umbrella. 

Another rainy day VI

Another rainy day V

Another rainy day IV

Another rainy day III

Another rainy day II

Another rainy day

Rainy day V

Rainy day IV

Rainy day III

Rainy day II

Rainy day

VIVA

If loneliness grows, inhibits contact and perpetuates itself.
Loneliness accelerates ageing, weakens the imunesystem and acts as a precursor of cognitive decline. Loneliness can prove fatal.”

(Olivia Laing)

Graffti

"I am just showing what I saw. That’s all."

(Joseph Koudelka)

Mask

“We all wear masks, but it's the one we choose to wear that makes a difference.”

(Kim Yannayon) 

As luzes do Circo

“The circus collects the outsiders like a flame tempts moths.”

(Laura Lam) 

Spinning Girl

“There are girls in feathered costumes who spin at various heights, suspended by ribbons that they can manipulate. Marionettes that control their own strings.”

(Erin Morgenstern)