After almost two weeks of updating you on all the amazing art, tiles, museums and clothing lines of Lisbon, it's time to say goodbye to my Lisbon photo series, at least until I visit Lisbon again.
I've been home for a week now, and had to adjust to freezing point temperatures, but luckily the weather has been mostly without rain. The temperatures took a toll on my health though, so I stayed inside the house as much as possible. The contrast with spring temperatures in Portugal might have been too much?
[This bridge can be seen from almost everywhere in Lisbon. The special exhibition about the bridge in MAAT will stay with me for a long time.]
What does Lisbon look like?
As I like to work in series in my photography, I often focus on details, and these details define how I experience the city, or even which routes I take. If I want to focus on street art, for example, I might just pin some known street artworks on a map and walk the city according to that.
So looking back at the pictures, I've shared a lot of street art and some other details as well. But how does Lisbon look like? Do you know that by seeing my short series? Or are you still wondering?
I took this picture from one of the hills in Lisbon, the one with Castello Sao Jorge on it. I think it pretty much sums up what Lisbon looks like: orange rooftops, white or yellow building fronts, and always water in sight.
It's the kind of picture I might normally not show on my blog, since I feel like it's a picture that's easy to take and less distinguishable from my other work. I believe my value as a photographer lies more in the focus on details, seeing and picturing things that others might miss.
[Gorgeous street of houses in Belem]
I do, however, now take these pictures. As a starting photographer I only shot 'abstract' pictures and details, andeven though those are fun, I've learned I need some general moments and memories on my hard-disk as well. As I look at the picture above I remember sitting on a bench and just enjoying the kids playing on the field in the sun on a saturday. Those kind of feelings and memories are rarely captured in a detail of a building, for example.
[Oranges everywhere!]
[No clothes this time, just someone who thought they had to decorate their balcony even more! Despite the already lovely Azulejos.]
If you never visited Lisbon before, I hope you had fun seeing my little stories and photo series! If you did visit Lisbon before I hope it was a feast of recognition or I was able to show you something you hadn't seen before.
I'm always looking for details and stuff to share with you all, so expect to see other photo series soon!
All pictures on steemit.com/@soyrosa are created and edited by me, Rosanne Dubbeld, 2005-2018. Contact me if you want to discuss licensing or collaborations on creative projects :-)