These Photos Capturing the Vivide Diversity of Portugal’s Windows

We have talked previously Portuguese photographer Andre Vicente Goncalves and his Windows of the World series. Within this body of work, Goncalves traveled to Italy, The Alps, England, Romania, and Spain, where he documented many different colorful facades and architectural details. He then combined his pictures to large collage grids, grouped by location. In his latest series, he’s returned to his home nation of Portugal to capture over 3,200 charming, colorful windows, in 100 places. From these pictures, he’s made over one hundred new collages.

Goncalves believes “windows could be gruesome and very revealing in regards to history, culture and a multitude of hidden nuances.” His new collages capture the magical vibrancy of cities such as Porto, Lisbon, and Aveiro, as well as areas with a more muted color palette, such as Ponta Delgada where the windows feature local volcanic rock. Goncalves viewpoints windows since the “supply of a building‘s personality,” and that he certainly exhibits this in his work.

The photographer intends to release a new photo book–entitled Windows of the World — Portugal–which is going to be the first of a series comprising his window photographs. But he needs to reach his financing goal before they can be put to print. If you want to help Goncalves talk about his window fire with the world, you can support his effort through Indiegogo.

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Andre Goncalves photos vibrant windows from a hundred Portuguese locations.

Emma Hartvig’s Photo Series Show The Beauty of Synchronised Swimmers

The Swimmers was made by Swedish photographer Emma Hartvig under a hot Californian sun in Los Angeles, after a request to collaborate with professional synchronized swimmers The Aqualillies.

“I chose to bring out a certain awkwardness, bizarreness, strength and collaborative perspective on the otherwise entertaining and beautiful performances,” says Emma. “Like a showground for your body, the swimming pool is a ready-made stage for these swimmers.

“And that is what I adore about synchronized swimmers, the artwork, and the performance but the extreme physical effort it requires. Their bodies have been engrossed and strengthened — heavier and lighter at the same moment. Weightless, but stronger.”

Surprisingly, it was the first time Emma had experimented with underwater photography: “It was quite challenging to try to remain still underwater and concentrate and do it correctly. Luckily, I am a woman born from the sea, so I am very good at holding my breath underwater, so it went easily.”

According to Paris, Emma’s work is always smartly staged and investigated narratives inspired by cinema with a dash of tongue-in-cheek. Discover more at emmahartvig.com.

These Enchanting Illustrations by Ukrainian illustrator Reveal Intriguing Tales

Long before Daria Skrybchenko had even realized that her real passion was illustration, she had obtained an MA in International Relations, a BA in Fine Arts and worked as a graphic designer and also a game artist for award-winning Leo Burnett Ukraine and Havas WorldWide Kiev.

Now, Daria is an independent editorial illustrator, creating the conceptual and narrative vision for numerous magazines and blogs, such as BBC Focus Magazine, The Bulletin Magazine, Scientific American and The MIT Media Lab. She’s also illustrated poems for recent issues of the literary magazine, Popshot. One such poem, entitled Museum of Spring, reads: “It has been a very long winter, so we built a museum, set up at a railway station, to celebrate spring, and its vital heritage.”

Represented in the USA by Fillin Global Agency and based in Kyiv, Ukraine, you can discover more of her most recent job at www.dskrybchenko.com.