What remains after the fury of the waters? The subtle poetry that dazzles peripheral territories? The remnants of happy days, reborn in the first hesitant rays of sunlight, poised between a new rainy season and a premature spring? The shadows of happy days await us beneath the now decorative chimneys and the cracked walls? The raw poetry of the silenced, spilled out on the sordid walls.
An unplanned journey, prompted by the urgency that certain news imposes on us and suddenly, a city I had never been to became an inevitable destination. I wandered the streets to pass the time, taking in a surprising spring. Amid the concrete, traces of life: leaves peeking through cracks, soft reflections on still water, green subtly asserting itself as a form of resistance. The silence of urban nature stood in contrast to the restlessness within. These photographs are witnesses to those days to the encounter between beauty and concern. A bridge between urgency and contemplation. And a phrase came to me, like a deeper breath: “So happy you are here.”
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The Other Side suggests a shift in perspective.
This selection of photographs, rescued from the shipwrecked archive of Luís Martins Pisco, was captured across the river, on the Other Shore (the south bank of the Tagus in Lisbon). It forms a kind of exercise in “suburbanocentrism,” reclaiming for the periphery its right to a central place in the narrative. Fascinated by the crossings of the Tagus and the Seixal estuary, Martins Pisco maps out a personal geography where ferries, tides, fishermen, derelict warehouses, and the ebb and flow of river life become a precious document for the memory of a transformed landscape.
Guided by the rhythm of the waves and inspired by the song of the Tágides, those eternal river muses, Martins Pisco’s photographs carry us on a gentle tide of nostalgia. But this is not the longing for a beautiful, idealized past. Rather, it is the portrait of a landscape in the midst of shipwreck, where the river's ancient life and its old rhythms have long receded from view. In this new landscape, faluas have given way to ferries. They no longer inspire children's songs. They have morphed into leisure boats.
In Martins Pisco’s river images, we glimpse in the background the old industrial buildings still standing, not yet replaced by suburban blocks. And yet we know they, too, are destined to sink under the rising tide of real estate speculation. It is as if Luís Martins Pisco's photographs were capturing a landscape slowly going undersinking into the waters of the Tagus, spellbound by the siren song of the Tágides.
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The Devil’s Bridge, also known as Misarela Bridge, is said to be the site of a fateful encounter between a fugitive and the Devil. Desperate to escape across the cliffs over the Rabagão River, the man struck a deal—his soul in exchange for safe passage. In an instant, the Malevolent one conjured a bridge over the raging waters. While some believe in this dark legend, others claim the bridge was simply built by human hands during the Middle Ages.© On Carnival Saturday, the people of the nearby villages gather for a shared meal before setting off in procession to the bridge. Wearing handmade masks crafted for the occasion, they carry Winter itself—only to burn it on the Devil’s Bridge, welcoming Spring and celebrating the eternal cycle of the seasons in harmony with nature.
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Last Flowers is a photographic series born from a deeply personal period marked by loss, recovery, and introspection. Created over two months of convalescence at home, when my mobility was limited, the project coincided with the hospitalization and passing of a loved one. What began as a simple experiment with still-life compositions, under artificial light in the studio, soon evolved into something far more profound. As the days passed and emotions intensified, each arrangement of flowers and objects became a reflection on grief, resilience, and memory. The images gradually took on the weight of a modest yet heartfelt tribute to someone who played an important role in my life. This project stands as a visual meditation on grief — a quiet portfolio of fleeting beauty and enduring love, where every petal and shadow speaks to the complexities of saying goodbye.
