Fieldnotes

Slate roofs covering the houses, as if someone was finding a way of making the villages less visible in the mountains. #portugal #arouca #serradafreita

The weather has been lousy and the purpose of this short trip wasn’t photo taking, but that doesn’t mean I won’t get some done here and there.

#portugal #porto

It’s that time of the year again in Lisbon!
#alfama #santospopulares #street #lisbon

I was just going after that pretty cloud in a sunny day, the rest probably was the gods of photography smiling at me ;)

#mouraria #lisbon #portugal

I’m not much of a lifestyle photographer, or even my instagram isn’t a regular travel account, but once you’re in a cool spot you end up taking some cool shots. #douro #Portugal

Probably was the fanciest road stop in the country, just outside Lisbon, in the middle of a 10km straight road. A big and expensive restaurant, accommodation and even live music. Now only the shell remains.It was my different morning of the Liberty day holiday…

Mientras tanto, en Cuba - João Pedro Almeida

The purple banners are back inside, the robes stored, the candles have been put out. Lent is now over, and with it Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It all starts next year, on the day after Carnival.

Time to go back home and look closely to all the photos from the last days.

#portugal #beirabaixa #Easter #holyweek #semanasanta #proencaavelha

These bright red robes and candles that stay lit throughout the ceremony are hard not photograph.

#portugal #beirabaixa #Easter #holyweek #semanasanta #idanhaanova

Mary Magdalene

#portugal #beirabaixa #Easter #holyweek #semanasanta #fujixt2

Preparing to open the main doors and slowly take the Burial of the Lord through the streets of Monsanto.

#portugal #beirabaixa #Easter #monsanto #semanasanta #holyweek

Encomendação das Almas or Canto das Almas (loose translation: chant of the souls): men and women dressed in black chanting for the souls in Purgatory. #portugal #beirabaixa #Easter #holyweek #semanasanta

Three years ago me and @Esiracusaphotos drove North to Braga, the “religious capital” of Portugal, to capture Holy Week ans it’s gloominess. I’m keeping the subject but on a different region: after doing a brief scouting last year at Idanha-A-Nova region, this year I’ll be a bit longer there.  #portugal #easter #holyweek #catholicism(Holy Week, the days before Resurrection)

Sunny Sundays is what happens in between everything else, including when you’re a bit under the weather. Letting the warm sunlight of the Spring yet to come to help me on my next steps, for this timeline and upcoming trips.

A photo book is daunting project that’s I’ve never considered, but have thought about it every once in a while. A workshop could kickstart that, and what I’ve chosen to work with is my collection of football fields, for now named 100x64.Not sure what will be the outcome of this, or even if it will be printed in any form, the main photos is to test with layouts, sequencing and all things related to bringing out the first version of the book project. If all goes well then I’ll work from that one and work on a second one, but for now most of the updates will go to Instagram Stories that will be grouped into that Highlight entry.And why 100x64? It’s the minimum official measures of a football field.   

After all the carnival activity, with all the masks and road trips, I feel like Delhi photos are calling me back…#street #travel #india #delhi

At Vila Boa de Ousilhão caretos light stacks of hay, so that they can jump over the flames. Hay causes a causes a big, dramatic fire, but its bonfires burn down quickly. Nevertheless, there’s always time for one last jump over it.

#entrudo #carnaval #carnival #trasosmontes #vilaboa #portugal