Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal 2022 - 20x30 cm / 30x40 cm - edition of 500

This item is a limited series, signed, and numbered inkjet print. It comes in two size versions, 20x30cm, respectively 30x40cm, and is printed to a limited of 500 copies for each size. Every print is accompanied by an authenticity certificate proving that this is an original made under the careful author's attention. The item respects museum & gallery quality standards.

I've done this picture in 2022 on the beach of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. It is a part of the "As I Found It" series, a collection of "street photography" images I made with the occasion of my travels.

Even I'm a portrait photographer and most of my work is happening in a studio or other controlled set or location, I love all the forms in which the art of photography is developing. "Street Photography" is one of the domains I'm fascinated with, loving that it is the opposite of what I usually do. I like that I control nothing besides my capacity to see, understand, and act fast enough. Taking photographs on the street, documenting this incredible spectacle of life as it is, I find it as one of the most elevated forms of photography.

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