Evening shadow

Morning shadow

Rua Heróis da Grande Guerra - Caldas da Rainha

Street encounters

Zeitgeist

“It is said that what is called " zeitgeist” or “ the spirit of an age" is something to which one cannot return. 

That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the world's coming to an end. 

For this reason, although one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. 

Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation.”

(Tsunetomo Yamamoto) 

Solitude

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”

( Arthur Schopenhauer)

Flight

Hats

Algebra of darkness

Light... Always the light

Quadrados

The lonely smoker II

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure VII

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure VI

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure V

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure IV

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure III

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure II

From Gardens Where We Feel Insecure I

I think humor showing nonsense situations, social contradictions, absurdities and the surreal in Photography are very important.

Street Colours XIII

The lonely smoker

Beco da Fé - Caldas da Rainha

Beco da Fé

Phone Call II

 What do you think or dream will come true in the future with new mobile phones. 

Just when you think you are alone and safe, a call can come and change your life.

Phone Call I

Keep your photos open-ended. Don’t spoil the story for your viewer. Add some intrigue and mystery to your photos. 

Don’t make them too obvious to decode or understand. This will make them much more engaging, interesting and memorable.

(Constantine Manos)

Can you hear me now?

Shadows and light IV

Shadows and light III

Shadows and light II

Shadows and light I

Beach mood VII

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: 

across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found. 

(Martin Parr)

Beach mood VI

Beach mood V

Beach Mood IV

Beach mood III

Trio

Par

Backstreet II

The back of the houses can be both a magical place of adventures

Backstreet I

Backyard I

When we pass in the streets of every city we see the facades of houses and forget that there is a parallel and half-hidden world. The backyard world. 

And the back of the houses can be both a magical place of adventures as place of despair and pain.

Street Colours XIII

Street Colours XII

Rua da Praça de Touros - Caldas da Rainha

Street Colours XI

Street Colours X

Praça da Fruta - Caldas da Rainha

Street Colours IX

A very hot day. An evening with warm light and huge shadows.

The colors complement each other harmoniously.

A man seems to walk along the wall towards an ad that promises bright and fresh beers.

Or maybe towards the red lights and green roof mauve, glowing in the dark, of a taxi stopped with the door opened, mysteriously, as if, with premeditation, it was waiting for someone - because the ad also speaks of hitchhiking?

As children we believe in magic. When we become adults magic diminishes to nonbelief. Photographers have a chance to find and believe in magic again.