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Cityscapes

Portugal's landmarks as they stand — light, stone, and time.

10 photographs

Some places do not need people to be alive. This collection is a study of Portuguese landmarks — palaces, monasteries, and façades that have been standing long enough to have their own presence. The light finds them differently at each hour of the day, and I try to be there when it does.

Pena Palace in Sintra, with yellow towers and red clock tower rising above the forested slopes of the Serra de Sintra — Pena Palace, Sintra Sintra, Portugal

Vasco da Gama Bridge at sunrise, cable-stayed pylons reflecting on the calm surface of the Tejo river in Lisbon — Vasco da Gama, First Light Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal

Vasco da Gama Bridge at sunrise with the sun raising behind its main pylon, seen from the reed grass beside the Tejo river — Where the River Bends Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal

Vasco da Gama Bridge silhouetted against a golden sunrise, with a wooden fishing pontoon reaching out over the Tejo river — Pontoon at First Light Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal

Belém Tower in Lisbon at sunrise, its Manueline stone reflected in a still pool of water, with the moon visible in the sky — Belém Tower at First Light Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

The yellow Tram 28 on a narrow cobbled street in Alfama, Lisbon, with a lit street lamp between pastel buildings — Tram 28, Alfama Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal

Black and white view of Alfama rooftops in Lisbon, with the dome of the National Pantheon framed by leaves overhead — Alfama Rooftops Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal

The number 28 tram climbing a cobbled street in Baixa of Lisbon in black and white, with pedestrians crossing ahead. — Tram 28, rising the street Baixa, Lisbon, Portugal

Black and white view of a ferry on the Tagus in Lisbon, with Cristo Rei on the left and the 25 de Abril Bridge on the right — Between Two Icons Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal

The 25 de Abril Bridge in silhouette at sunrise from Belém, framed by the curved roof of the MAAT and the glowing Tagus River — Where the River Burns Belém, Lisboa, Portugal