On The Go Snaps
Dusky skies near the airport.
🇵🇹 match day commute
I guess summer nights are here.
Sunday morning means Feira do Relógio.
Commute naps…
Commute mobile snaps
Summer is upon us.
Just a sunny Sunday. Snaps from earlier today on the South Bank.
Ride back home…
Yesterday’s forgotten snap
Sabes que estás no centro de Espanha quando entras no wallpaper do Windows XP
Today’s mobile snaps.
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Not the Easter day photo you might be expecting…
Spring gives way to Winter…
Details from today.
Feels good to get to my commute snaps after a trip, even if a rather short one. Somehow is the reminder I’m back to the routine, a good one.
In a territory that gets emptier each year, where traditions slowly dwindle, every one of those that still thrives, or is even recovered by people that are not willing to give up yet, feels like a sign a hope that not all is lost. Really happy to finally see this red mask back to the streets of Vale de Porco, hoping to be able to see it again and again in the upcoming years.
One of the most beautiful masks of the winter traditions of Trás-Os-Montes is also one of the most challenging to photograph.. The single masked figure is constantly running from door to door, with very few breaks, and always surrounded by men who guide him through the streets, because of the very limited visibility of the heavy mask. Except when there’s something in the costume that needs some urgent repair.
The fog that has been the norm throughout Trás-Os-Montes this end of year.
Someone once told me at Constantim that the problem isn’t finding people to dance at each front door of the village, is having someone that actually opens the door…
All these Winter Solstice rituals are very different but have one thing in common, at least here in Portugal, there’s always one or more characters that go to each house, where who lives there welcomes them (and their entourage) and celebrate together. If those doors remain shut, which is more and more common, then all this becomes just another parade.
