Luísa Sobral at Musikens Hus....

Luísa and Mário Delgado, Musikens Hus, Mars, 17

The ability to become the seventh string of the guitar is not for everyone, and the fusion between voice and music becomes delightful.

Best in show: "Janie"

Suspended....

Empty stage....

Lady Bird....

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf

College, sex, family, swinging doors and opportunities....and the "wrong side of the tracks". The "American" theme is now nearly exhausted - but not really in Greta Gerwig`s film. There is an extra touch of sensitivity throughout the story, a truly delicate feminine touch. And of course....Saoirse Ronan gets to the core of the American soul, and she does it with talent.

Casa Raul....

Aculeo, 2007, by Mathias Klotz

Aranya low cost housing....

Indore, 1982, by Balkrishna Doshi

Sommarlek....

Maj-Britt Nilsson and Birger Malmsten

Enjoy while it lasts....

Penguins` Pool....

London Zoo, 1934, by Berthold Lubetkin

Orrefors....

..1928

Capitólio....

1931, by Luis Cristino da Silva, photo: A. Amorim

CBS Television City....

LA, 1952, by Wiliam Pereira and Charles Luckman

Windows by master carpenters....

..at Eriksbergsgatan

Kungstornen....

Stockholm, 1924, by Sven Wallander

Casa Albarraque....

1961, by Raúl Hestnes Ferreira, photo: Luis Pavao

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande....

2017, by Sisa Vieira, photo: João Morgado 

Ana Moura...

With a new record and on the road again. "Desamparo" is a brilliant song....and she can really sing from the heart.

Buon San Valentino....

M....

Roma, Roma....

..from Terrazza del Pincio

Arlanda....

Café Cristal....

Lisboa, 1941, by Cassiano Branco

Roma....

Long before #metoo....

Tippi Hedren and daughter Melanie Griffith in 1966

..the price of refusal was a destroyed career.

Windows of Kensington....

Where are all the children...?

Copenhagen 1953....and a rarity today

Le Soleil d`Afrique....

photo: C. Amorim

The streets of SF....

1960, by Henri Cartier-Bresson

The portuguese destructive methodology for classified areas....

The gardens of Palacete Mendonça in Lisbon, April 2017

..and today.

The gardens are classified (protected by law), yet the trees were mutilated by the converging incompetence of authorities, owners, builders, etc. Unfortunately, not an isolated example, but more or less the "modus operandi" that slowly (but firmly) is destroying the character and authenticity of the city of Lisbon. 

Viskningar och rop....

Nykvist, Bergman, Thulin and Ullmann

Whispers and shouts and not "Cries and Whispers" 
Sussurros e gritos e não "Lágrimas e suspiros"

Another goodbye among Lisbon's historic shops....

The bookshop Aillaud & Lellos at Rua do Carmo, 82, opened its doors in 1931 and closed definitely in December 2017. New attractions for tourists are to be expected.

He sold one (!) painting....

Arles, 1888

..during his lifetime !?

Francis....

Björn Ehrling....(1937-1980)

Frihetens Legender

A Swedish singer hardly remembered in his native country. This pearl was recorded in May 1978 and became a rare blend of Portuguese traditional music, fado, and Swedish "vistradition".

Björn Ehrling - song, Vital Assunção - guitar, Armenio de Melo - portuguese guitar, Björn J:son Lindh - flute,Turid Lundqvist - song

The Stockholm Exhibition....

1930, by Gunnar Asplund

Lisboa....1958

Av. Infante Santo, by Alberto José Pessoa

IB....

Praia de Carcavelos....

photo: Terceira Dimensao (click to enlarge)

A better 2018....

Bairro Alto by night..

If You visit Lisbon....

Santa Apolónia....

photo: Nuno Morão

Merry Christmas....

Grisaille....

by Dufour & Leroy (around 1850)

Hotel Tivoli....

Lisboa, 1956, by Porfirio Pardal Monteiro

Estádio Nacional....

1944, by Miguel Jacobetty Rosa

Ana-Tomi....

1980, by Tias Eckhoff

Modernity....

..at Villeneuve-Loubet

Factory....