The Hour of Silence

“The hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.”

(Leonora Carrington)

Sombriamente

“A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time”

(Patrick Geddes)

City Spleen II

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
(Dorothea Lange)

Loneliness Is A Very Special Place

After reviewing my work over the last year I think more than portray other people I was trying to photograph myself.

I´m tryng to photograph daily life in the city not as it presents itself, but the way I see it.

About Color and Composition

Draw as a Child

Live and draw as a child because childhood is the kingdom where nobody dye and the only time in our lives when isanity is not only permitted, but expected.

Departure

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

(Tenessee Williams)

The Mystery of Missing Babies

We (me and my camera)  tried to investigate the mystery of missing babies. 

And we found a missing baby. 

But we didn’t tell the cops though, because we found him before he went missing. ;-)

Citizen of Loneliness

You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people.
(Olivia Laing)

City Spleen

“Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.”

(L. Frank Baum)

Out of Darkness

Enquanto fotografava esta senhora senti uma enorme vontade de a abraçar.

While I was photographing this lady I felt a great urge to hug her.

Entrevista - Interview

Hoje foi publicada uma nova entrevista, sobre o meu trabalho fotográfico, por Venkat Prakash para o Site 121CLICKS - um Portal dedicado às artes em geral e à Fotografia em particular.
Link:
http://121clicks.com/showcases/interview-with-street-photographer-vasco-trancoso

Today was published a second interview about my Photographic work, conducted by Venkat Prakash from 121CLICKS a World Class Portal dedicated to Art and Photography.
Link:
http://121clicks.com/showcases/interview-with-street-photographer-vasco-trancoso

Dark Corner

The Carnival is over

“Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.”

(Victor Hugo)

It's never too late

“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”

(Tom Robbins)

O olhar

La beauté est indissociable du regard de celui qui voit

(Heinz Pagels)

The Scarecrow

"Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. 

Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?"

(Jerry Spinelli)

Drummers

Nowadays Society is like a band in search of good drummers. 

Because drums fully support the band. 

Their rhythm keeps things within the pulse and contributes to the overall performance. 

Com a boca na botija

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

(Benjamin Franklin)

Little dancer

People are strange

People are strange when you´re a stranger

(The Doors)

Untitled

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” 

(Mark Twain)

The Secret Language of Angels

For some months I tried to photograph this place. But I never found all the conditions to make the picture I was thinking (in B&W) about. At last, on 1 February 2016, the sky was perfect. Clouds, leaving some glimpse of blue, were not not a distracting element - thus keeping up the main role of figures in the foreground. On the other hand the whitish high clouds behind the angel provided the proper contrast, like an aura, to the darker figure. Finally the God of photographers came to my aid because someone dressed in black was passing by in the second plan between the shadows of cemetery tombs, on the right, adding more enigma to the image. It was a great pleasure to make the B&W edit, according to the mood, this photo.

Retrato de rua

(On streets) “No one is on the margins of centre stage, they are all stars players."

(Susan Kismaric)

Lembrando Elliott Erwitt