Sometimes, photographs happen by accident. In fact, many of my favorites happened that way. On a trip to New York City, I made the requisite visit to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. I had positioned myself along the rail, as tourists typically do, to get the best views of the Manhattan skyline as […]
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The Deutsche Bank Twin Towers anchor Frankfurt’s skyline and rank among the most photographed silhouettes in the city, framed on clear days against the ridge of the Taunus. The two towers have become a favorite subject for panoramic photography from rooftops, parks, and observation decks across the city. Locals nicknamed them “Soll und Haben”, or […]
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The Registry Room at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum is the space where millions of people once began their lives in America, and also what most visitors remember long after they leave the island. I think the Ellis Island Immigration Museum was one of the most impressive museum experiences that I’ve had anywhere in the […]
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Burano is a small fishing island in the Venetian Lagoon, known for its brightly painted houses and canals. When we visited Venice for the second time, I really wanted to go to Burano. My wife loves colors, so as you can imagine, I really wanted to take her to Burano and explore the island with […]
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The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is a living gallery of Islamic art and one of the world’s most visually striking religious buildings. Commissioned by the UAE’s founding president, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the mosque was conceived not only for prayer, but also to gather the artistic traditions of the wider […]
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I never tire of photographing the University of Wroclaw. While some universities look sterile and institutional, the University of Wroclaw is nothing like that; it doesn’t look like a place of lecture halls and library fines. It has the slightly magical quality of a stage set that pale, ornamented façade, the tower, the rows of […]
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Roughly forty-five meters up and with the legs of my tripod braced uneasily against a stone ledge never intended for such undertakings, I take one of my favorite shots of Wroclaw. Below me, the market square spreads outward with its collection of characteristic red rooftops. I am positioned along the thin stone footbridge that connects […]
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The Hala Stulecia Fountain is a large multimedia fountain in Wroclaw, Poland, that combines choreographed water jets, colored lighting, and music right in front of the historic Centennial Hall. The fountain is spread across roughly one hectare and it is regularly described as the largest fountain of its kind in Poland and one of the […]
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Wroclaw Old Town rises against the sunset sky in a panorama of red roofs and church towers, amid the pulsating rhythm of the city. At the heart of the old town lies the Market Square, with the tower of St. Elizabeth’s Basilica and the Old Town Hall standing out in the Wroclaw skyline. This is […]
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The haze in Dubai really changes the landscape at sunrise, turning the traditional skyline photo into a soft, dreamlike silhouette. Emerging from the haze, Dubai looks as if it has just awakened and is taking a moment to sharpen its focus. The dust obscures the view at the bottom, but the highest towers reach up […]
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Camels have walked the desert outside Dubai long before the city’s towers ever existed, and to capture that ancient presence at sunset is still deeply gratifying. Behind Dubai’s skyline of glass and steel, the camel remains one of the most enduring symbols of Dubai and the Arabian Peninsula in general. The Bedouin, traditionally desert-dwelling herders, […]
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Whether it’s New Year’s Eve or national celebrations, a night of fireworks in Narva is unlike almost anything else in Europe, due to the city’s very special location. Narva is a small city in Estonia sitting on the European Union’s eastern border with Russia. I went there because I needed to travel as far east […]
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The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral stands on Toompea Hill in Tallinn’s upper Old Town, and is the largest and most ornate Russian Orthodox cathedral in Estonia. When you walk through Tallinn’s Old Town, sooner or later the onion domes of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral will find you. For me it was already my first evening in […]
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The Tallinn skyline at sunrise is a scene of steeples, red-tiled rooftops, and centuries-old city walls in one of Northern Europe’s best-preserved medieval cities. Tallinn wakes slowly and particularly early, but it is worth being awake to witness it. To get this photograph, I woke up at 3:30 and already the sky was clearing up. […]
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The FEP jury in Sofia after the judging. Photo: Dimiter Kalinovsky. In June, twelve of my photographs went in front of a jury of the Federation of European Professional Photographers in Sofia, Bulgaria. They came back with a title: Qualified European Photographer. This makes me the first photographer in Portugal to earn the QEP in […]
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Freedom Square is one of Tallinn’s most important public spaces, framed by a neo-Gothic church, a glass monument, and centuries of Estonian history. The plaza sits at the southern edge of Tallinn’s Old Town, and for locals, it serves as a gathering place for national celebrations, concerts, and markets. It’s also located near the popular […]
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Passage Richelieu at the Louvre Palace offers beautiful French architecture in a quieter atmosphere within the Louvre complex. The Passage Richelieu is often overlooked by visitors rushing toward the main museum entrances and by photographers eager to capture the Louvre Pyramid in its best light. But this covered passageway can offer a more intimate perspective […]
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Admiring the Palais Garnier at sunset from a high viewpoint allows you to experience a vivid panorama of Paris with the Eiffel Tower on the horizon. Known internationally as the Paris Opera House, the Palais Garnier is one of the defining monuments of 19th-century Paris, designed by architect Charles Garnier. And even though today it […]
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The Freedom Monument rises above central Riga as a granite and copper structure that is visible from several surrounding streets. During sunrise, long before the crowds arrive, the monument stands quiet against the morning sky. In this brief window, the plaza is nearly empty, the light has its own personality, and the full scale of […]
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The Symi harbor panorama is one of the most unique and colorful coastal landscapes in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece. To get to Symi Island, we drove back from Lindos to Rhodes and took a ferry from there for a day trip. Symi is located northwest of Rhodes, close to the Turkish maritime border, and the […]
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