Dublin Series - Pubs

The word Pub, also Public House, it's a building where people go to drink and meet their friends. Pubs serve alcoholic and others drinks, and often also food. (By the Oxford Dictionary)

Dublin Series

After living in Dublin for almost 5 years, it's now time to show a little bit more about this unique city. The colours, the alleys, the people, the pubs and everything else.

With these series, it's my intention to celebrate the city it self and it's character.

Out of place!

Usually, when you talk about tuk-tuks, most of the times you'll think about Thailand, and the streets full of these noisy and fun taxis. But, the other day, walking around Dublin, I came across this tuk-tuk parked in a road... In Dublin! With an Irish license and taxes and seat belts, ready for a ride in the streets of Temple Bar.

Dublin, Ireland. 2009

Entrevista na A23/A23 Interview

Uma entrevista e' sempre uma entrevista. E quando e' a primeira tem um significado ainda maior.

Fui convidado pelo meu amigo e jornalista Ricardo Paulouro para responder a umas perguntas sobre a minha relacao com o mundo da fotografia e gostaria de partilhar esse momento com todos voces que passam por este meu espaco. 

Infelizmente, so esta disponivel em portugues.

Clica aqui para ler a entrevista.

Um Grande Bem Haja!

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Hello everybody. I've been interviewed by my dear friend and journalist Ricardo Paulouro for the online version of the A23 magazine. Unfortunately, it's only available in portuguese and for that reason I would like to apologize for the rest of you who aren't portuguese speakers.

Take Care.

The Other Side of Manila

A Photo Essay about the city of Manila and their neighborhoods, from Malate To Paco, through Tondo, passing at the Smokey Mountain and the Pier 18.

A different perspective at the capital of the Philippines and the people, with the music of local artist Vicente Andres, the one arm musician.

Click here to watch the video.

"Where do you come from?"

In the way to Tondo, between the Pedro Gil PNR station and PNR Paco station, while walking around the railways, you'll always find someone to talk, specially in the shantytowns, where people never have the chance to share their life experiences with foreigners. 

And, again, they'll ask you for a photograph with the illusion of appearing in a newspaper or a magazine. Always with a smile. Always with a pose.

 

Sagada: Mountain Province

One day at the Rice Terraces

(To watch the video click here)

 

Photographs taken in Sagada, North Luzon. The Philippines, February 2009.

Children of the Smokey Mountain

For families around the Smokey Mountain, having children's was a way of getting more arms and hands to work as scavengers, in order to improve their income. Nowadays, mentalities have changed with the efforts of the many programs based around the former dump site to help residents of this area and parents are starting to be more willing to sacrifice them selfs to sent their kids to school. 

This photograph was taken in the surroundings of the former Smokey Mountain, officially closed more than a decade ago, where people still people scavenge for a living.

Kid at the Smokey Mountain, Tondo. Manila

The Lost Art

In the Kalinga region (North Luzon), the use of tattoos for body decoration, in case of women, and as a symbol of being a warrior, in case of men, was a very popular practice among tribes people but it's becoming a lost art.

This practice of drawing on the skin is performed using soot mixed with water and kisi needles.

The different patterns range from rinafarafat (fern-like), sinongchar (straight line), inob-ofog (mat-like), kinakadjaman (centipede-like), and minanmanuk (chicken-like).

This four photographs, taken in the villages of Chananau and Ngibat, represent some of the last tattooed women that are the living proof of this ancient art.

Albim Salamat, Former Smokey mountain Scavenger

Albim Salamat, 43 years old, was born in the Smokey Mountain and started to work as a scavenger when he was about 7 years old, and just stopped 30 years later. As he says, "I used to scavenge as a source to pay my studies".

It was the only way of getting money to study because "there was no timetable or shifts", and in the end of the day he could get the money to "pay the bills without having to wait for the end of the month".

Albim now works as Community Develop Worker in a program called "Out of School Youth" that consists in motivating teenagers to go back to school and try to finish theirs studies.

 

This picture is part of a series of shots taken in the Smokey Mountain, in Manila (The Philippines), which portrait the old dumpsite, the social housing and the new dumpsite. 

Saint Valentine's Day

This popular holiday is used as an excuse to sent cards, flowers or any other presents to show our girlfriends or boyfriends how much we love, care and think about them.

It's also a good photographic opportunity as shop owners double their efforts to make their stands as appealing as possible, in order to call the so needed customers in the actual crisis.

Of course, the person walking the dog helps to add something to this photo.

Happy Late Valentine's Day.  

Seagulls

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Dublin this morning

The city of Dublin has been hit by a heavy snowfall this morning (08 Feb.), that left the city covered in white. For some, specially drivers, the white scenery was not welcomed but for others, like this two kids in the photo, was a sign of fun. And, probably, their first time enjoying putting up snowmen or, even better, rolling down this hill at the Fairview Park.

Photographic Exhibition in Dublin

Plan B Ireland is organizing a photographic exhibition about the Daily Life of the Children of Burkina Faso, with pictures from Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly, from the 3 to 27 of February. Admission Free.

The Campaign Award

The Sony World Photography Awards are inviting amateurs photographers to capture the beauty of football in places you’d least expect to see it. 

For more information and to enter the Campaign Award Competition click here.

Cruising in Cambodia

The motorbike it's the way of transport by excellence for many people in Cambodia, probably because they can't afford to buy a car or maybe they just enjoy cruising in their motorbikes. And it doesn't mean they are limited in terms of space to carry their family, friends, every day goods, everything your imagination can think about, even as a taxi, to get an extra income.

One thing it's true, it doesn't matter if you're young, old or even a baby, there will always be space for you in a cambodian motorbike.

Happy New Year

I would like to thank all the visitors of this space for keeping me going after 3 years of blogging, and after 10.000 visits (including me!), and wish you all the best for 2009 and lots of new posts.

Thanks again for your support!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Around Tonle Sap River

Cambodia it's a country were fish are plentiful. Around the Tonle Sap River, during the dry season, entire villages are established on the open lake, where fishing still remains as the most important source, not only for food, but as well of income for entire families.

Cambodia's Famous Temple

Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations. (Unesco World Heritage)

Fight for Democracy

Two days before taking over the International airport, Suvarnabhumi, in Bangkok, the PAD (People Alliance for Democracy),  supporters and their leaders gathered at the occupied Parliament to discuss the changes needed for the country politics.

The yellow dressed supporters claimed their willing of keeping the Parliament blocked until the now former Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat, resigned from his position.

The government, composed by the People Power Party and two of its cohilition partners, was dissolved this week by a Thai court, decision seen by the anti-government supporters as a victory in their fight for Democracy.

Thai's Army

Thailand's Army gathers near the occupied Parliament, in Bangkok, where thousands of supporters of the PAD (People Alliance for Democracy), are demanding that the Thai Primer Minister, Somchai Wongsawat, resigns.

The chief of the Thai government is accused of being linked with the former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, accused and condemned of corruption.

Wanted

Tens of thousands of protesters supporting the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), have occupied Thailand's parliament building, since two months ago, in what they say is a "final battle" to topple the government.

In the picture bellow, one of the protesters throws a dart towards a poster of Thai's government members. (Nov 23)

Cambodian Buddhist Monk

Buddhism played a vital role in the lives of many cambodians in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge holocaust.

Buddhism was introduced to Cambodia between the 13th and the 14th centuries, and most cambodians today practice Theravada Buddhism. 

Seeing Hands

Cambodia is the home of the amazing and unique temples of Angkor. At the same time, and after three decades of war, Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world.  

Located in Siem Reap, Cambodia, this organization called Seeing Hands Massage trains blind people in the art of massage and some of the money raised assists blind people in Siem Reap Province.

Tex ture

Tex ture by the Oxford dictionary:

- the way a surface, substance or fabric feels when you touch it, for example, how rough, smooth, hard or soft it is.