Falling into Winter at Lisbon

A look at Lisbon in Autumn/Winter time, as it gets closer to Christmas.

Falling into Winter at Lisbon

For the sake of keeping this blog fully functional an update was due for a long time, after all its main purpose it to keep track of my photographic activity. But the lack any major trips in the later half of this year has meant that my activity has been focused on in my hometown, and what has driven me in the last couple of months has been street photography, something not new in this blog.

Instead of picking up my tripod to shoot some landscapes, to make the best use of the great golden light of this time of the year, I ended up going to the streets, alleys and squares and watch Lisbon go into a kind of seasonal bipolar disorder: on one hand the joy and the anticipation of Christmas approaching, but on the other the other hand a kind of winter gloom that comes from leaving Summer behind…

Roasted chestnut stand
Street crossing
Old couple Walking at Alfama
Woman shopping at Chiado
Rainy street of Alfama
Enjoying the view at Graça
Supermarket at São Bento area
Narrow alley of Alfama
Young girls arriving from school
Enjoying the view at Graça
Girl posing for photo
Phone call
Beggar outside Lisbon
Bakery window
People walking outside Chiado store
Roasted chestnut stand
Girls walking outside Chiado store
Vagabond
Hipster girls
Waiting for green light
Japanese tourist
Popcorn
Water puddle