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Tension between permanence and impermanence. Both sometimes unite in a photo.
The city loses its solid form and becomes movement. Buildings, streets and people dissolve into vertical traces, leaving only the rhythm of the place behind.
The figures are no longer individuals but part of the flow. The street becomes less about location and more about the constant motion of urban life.
A moment where the city is not seen as a structure, but as a living current.
A new building in Porto. A facade of repetition, structure and almost overwhelming geometry.
I returned several times, searching for the right viewpoint and composition. The architecture alone was not enough. It needed a human presence: a contrast between precision and imperfection, between something permanent and something passing through.
But almost nobody walked there.
During my first attempt, only two people passed in an hour. One noticed the camera and politely stopped outside my frame, waiting for me to finish. I gestured that he could continue, but with a slow shutter speed I had already lost the moment and stability of the camera.
I returned another day, this time with a tripod and a remote trigger. I placed myself away from the camera, hoping people would move naturally without being aware of the camera.
Then I waited.
After an hour, I was almost ready to leave. Then, in the distance, I saw someone approaching. As she entered the frame, I pressed the button.
One chance. One shot.
A familiar place seen from an unfamiliar angle.
The structure, reflection and symmetry briefly create two versions of the same world. The solid architecture divides the frame, while the glass brings the two sides back together.
People pass through without noticing this temporary illusion around them. For a moment, the reflection creates a second figure, a second space, almost a parallel scene.
A public space designed around fixed lines, symbols and structure. Everything remains still, except the people moving through it.
I was interested in the contrast between the graphic simplicity of the architecture and the temporary presence of a passer-by. A slow shutter speed allowed the person to become part of the space without completely belonging to it.
The repeated blue tones create a quiet connection between the human figure and the architecture, briefly bringing two unrelated elements together.
The building stays permanent. The moment disappears.
Two separate buildings, but still belonging to the same story.
One holds on to its original elegance, with curved balconies, details and traces of another time. The other side has slowly changed, marked by neglect, graffiti and the passing of years.
What interested me was not only the contrast, but the balance between them. Beauty and decay sharing the same space.
At street level, daily life continues. People come and go, almost unnoticed, while the building quietly carries its history.