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Lonely Houses I Found In Portugal

My “lonely houses” started when I was very little, and realized there was a dichotomy between the feeling of “home” I had inside of me, and what I was perceiving outside, in the place where I was born.

My houses often have the vibrancy of the place where I grew up, but they may confuse the viewer. Sometimes they may feel lost, and out of place. Some other times, they have a sense of self-containment, and of human warmth inside. My houses will always carry elements of the child in me, and my home dichotomy. I am also documenting their own personalities, in the geographical and cultural context where they exist.

Today, I continue to search for that home I seem to have forgotten in the traditional houses of Portugal, where I live now. I capture them with my mobile phone, and edit them (also on my phone) to bring them as close as possible to the way my eyes see them.

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Lonely Houses I Found In Portugal

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I gravitate between science and art. And through both, there is something intimate and universal that I am trying to say.

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I gravitate between science and art. And through both, there is something intimate and universal that I am trying to say.

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Arjan 9 years ago

Right outside the framed there is probably a structure. Nice pictures non the less.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

You are right, but here it was important to me to focus on each house, alone. Thank you! :)

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Eugene@MajadeDesign 9 years ago

lovely house, would love to live in one of these

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TeresaAlbuquerque 9 years ago

muito bom! parabéns :)

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captaingrumpy 9 years ago

I would like to have seen the surrounds of the houses. Very interesting.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

For me the distinctive element was precisely to isolate them as much as possible. Thank you :)

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Johanna-NicolletteKidd 9 years ago

All these houses look great, what a wonderful idea for subjects (at least they dont move)

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

I often stare at them for a long time before capturing them. Thank you :)

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AbiezerCelzo224352 9 years ago

With proper angle of the shot, looks like a selfie house.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

I see what you mean about the right angle! Haha thank you!

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malotince 9 years ago

I love this! You just got yourself a new follower :)

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JoanaOliveira 8 years ago

adorei

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JimBunte 9 years ago

There's no context; i.e. surrounding space to illustrate their "Lonely" status. They're just the house. For all we know there's other houses only mere feet away. sorry

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GabrielCraft 9 years ago

I love your project. I blogged it here: http://smallandtinyhomeideas.com/post/123500808697/tiny-lonely-houses-sejkko-fubiz ♪

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soniaguimaraes 9 years ago

Awesome work... !!!!!!!!

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth picture is photoshopped. I've been at Restaurant Praia do Tubarao. Here's a link to google streetview: https://goo.gl/hxpqMe

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth picture is photoshopped. I've been at Restaurante Praia do Tubarao...

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth one was photoshopped. I've been at Restaurant "Praia do Tubarao" ...

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IsabellaMariana 9 years ago

Was this places photoshopped right? Or these houses really are singular like this?

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Arjan 9 years ago

Right outside the framed there is probably a structure. Nice pictures non the less.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

You are right, but here it was important to me to focus on each house, alone. Thank you! :)

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Eugene@MajadeDesign 9 years ago

lovely house, would love to live in one of these

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TeresaAlbuquerque 9 years ago

muito bom! parabéns :)

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captaingrumpy 9 years ago

I would like to have seen the surrounds of the houses. Very interesting.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

For me the distinctive element was precisely to isolate them as much as possible. Thank you :)

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Johanna-NicolletteKidd 9 years ago

All these houses look great, what a wonderful idea for subjects (at least they dont move)

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

I often stare at them for a long time before capturing them. Thank you :)

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AbiezerCelzo224352 9 years ago

With proper angle of the shot, looks like a selfie house.

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sejkko (Post author) 9 years ago

I see what you mean about the right angle! Haha thank you!

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malotince 9 years ago

I love this! You just got yourself a new follower :)

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JoanaOliveira 8 years ago

adorei

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JimBunte 9 years ago

There's no context; i.e. surrounding space to illustrate their "Lonely" status. They're just the house. For all we know there's other houses only mere feet away. sorry

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GabrielCraft 9 years ago

I love your project. I blogged it here: http://smallandtinyhomeideas.com/post/123500808697/tiny-lonely-houses-sejkko-fubiz ♪

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soniaguimaraes 9 years ago

Awesome work... !!!!!!!!

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth picture is photoshopped. I've been at Restaurant Praia do Tubarao. Here's a link to google streetview: https://goo.gl/hxpqMe

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth picture is photoshopped. I've been at Restaurante Praia do Tubarao...

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RicardoPorto(grouchomarx) 9 years ago

The fourth one was photoshopped. I've been at Restaurant "Praia do Tubarao" ...

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IsabellaMariana 9 years ago

Was this places photoshopped right? Or these houses really are singular like this?

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