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Apparently it makes little sense to end my Myanmar posts with the Burmese word for hello, it makes more sense to close the series with the memories that will last longer. Not the temples or monasteries, not the rural landscapes … Continue reading
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Although you can easily find Hindu temples or Muslim mosques the religion drives that part of Asia is Buddhism, being the chosen faith of nearly 90% of the Burmese people. And you can find it everywhere: from majestic temples, Buddha statues and … Continue reading
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As the posting schedule of my Burma photos was approaching the Christmas season it started to become obvious in my head that I had to do a children’s post for Christmas day! One of the best things of leaving the “western world” … Continue reading
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What have I been doing lately? Besides processing a large batch of Myanmar photos, being part of global change protests or just going back to the countryside? Not much, just the return to the routine, to everyday’s life. But meanwhile I … Continue reading
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The global occupy protests also took place at Lisbon, great opportunity for street photography.
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Wherever I travel I have to go to the local market, either faraway in Southeast Asia or closer to home, a busy market full of fresh goods and colorful vegetables, people announcing their products, haggling or picking the best tomato or piece of … Continue reading
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After the close and intimate portraits of young monks, and some not so young, where we sat and were allowed to share a space, interacted and played around, where what was sought was eye contact, a kind of complicity between … Continue reading
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Back from Myanmar (or Burma, if you prefer) and back with lots of photos and lots memories! It’s was an overload to the five senses, fortunately only Vision can be reproduced in a photo but you’re still overwhelmed by everything happening around, but … Continue reading
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This week, and for something completely different, I went to shoot a street concert of the very talented You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown at one of my favorite places in Lisbon, the Chiado area. Despite arriving slightly late, the problems of … Continue reading
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Browsing my photo archives, for various things as creating a portfolio of choosing photos for prints or stock, made me realize there was lots of older hidden material to share, here in particular. …Like this elderly lady smoking at a Vietnamese bridge, … Continue reading
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After a long weekend of carrying several cameras, lenses and the backpack that kept them, shooting throughout the day while fighting against wind and rain (more of this to follow in the following days/weeks) it’s so nice go out to … Continue reading
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Last Sunday I went on a photowalk with my friend Bruno, probably fueled by his latest street photography project we ended up in one of my favourite places to shoot: Bairro Alto Bairro Alto photowalk