Alentejo, 1984, a photo from Evora, South

Photographer's Note

Still on a nostalgic mood, here it goes another of my earliest experiments with diapositives. Those more familiarised with the South of Portugal wil certainly recognise the characteristic style of the typical house of Alentejo, a region that back then was popular only among... Alentejanos... and maybe a few refined connoisseurs.

The greenish yellow dominant (much more prominent before PP) was an irritating characteristic of the Orwo films (made in East Germany), that we used much because of its very low price. The Kodak's, Fuji's and others were reserved for special occasions, because they were too expensive to be afforded by our students' purse just for experimenting. That's a problem that that those who begin photographing now don't know; isn't digital wonderful?. I don't remember any more in whose TE gallery I found a reference to Orwo, maybe someone from Poland.

As a 'bonus', I posted two WS's with a 'studio portrait' shot two years later, one in colour and another one in B&W.

Location (latitude, longitude): 38.3808,-7.34345

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mcenteesalas (1618) 2007-12-15 6:42

Belissima foto, boa composicao e ponto de vista, talvez esteja um pouco clara escondendo as bonitas cores da porta mas tirado isso gostei, certamene o Alentejo e uma regiao muito bonita de fotografar, muito obrigado por nos nos teres mostrado um pouco mais de Portugal ao mundo, sem mais, Joao Salas

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2007-12-15 6:49

Ola Jose! Interesting door and window, very original composition. Nice lightness and shadows. Good colors. Good shot. Saude!

wautersw (3647) 2007-12-15 7:48

Hi Jose,

Very nice colourful picture, very well scanned. I like the simple composition and the nice natural colors. TFS

Wolf

feather (51130) 2007-12-15 8:06

The simple composition works well with the pattern of the roof tiles at the top. The blue around the window and door is picked up by the small touches of sky showing. The simplicity and limited colour palette is appealing. I'm enjoying the sharing of your student photos. Why sad to be faithful? It deserves to be celebrated.
Kath

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japiey (10163) 2007-12-15 8:35

Hi Jose,

An image that makes a powerfull vision...
Its a memory...
A dream....

Namasthe:)

jean paul

trekks (14348) 2007-12-15 9:34

Nice contrast view of the wall and windows/door, very graphical effect and working well. Composition is nicely done. TFS

cheers
bill

tober (8797) 2007-12-16 3:30

Ola Jose, that's a very typical photo from beautiful Alentejo. Despite its simplicity, it is very very lovely, with refreshing with blue colours and sunlight.

Warm regards,

Tolga

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-12-16 3:34

Hi Jose,
I like the sort of muted colour here, it adds an aged effect which I think is quite nice and works well for the subject. I also like the way you have chosen to compose this shot only showing part of the window and the door. A nice simple shot.
Regards
Wanda

riclopes (35577) 2007-12-16 3:43

Bom dia Jos�, c� temos mais um devaneio nost醠gico que se torna hilariante ao abrir os WSs. Eu tamb閙 fazia fotografia a preto e branco e adorava fazer experi阯cias na c鈓ara escura que o meu pai tinha instalado na casa onde habito agora. Mas nunca fiz aquele tipo de fotos de estudio.
Gosto bastante do n� 19 aqui, mas n鉶 sei bem porqu�. Talvez por ter um ar de feito � m鉶 que me atrai. A composi玢o est� muito boa e faz-me lembrar os posts da Teresa. � claro que a parede branca est� completamente sobreexposta, mas quanto a isso n鉶 h� nada que esta era digital possa fazer. Tamb閙 gosto dos pontinhos de azul do c閡 e estou a pensar que um bocadinho mais no topo beneficiaria esta composi玢o, pois a nova risca de azul ficava bem com o azul da janela/porta.
Bom Domingo,
ricardo

paura (25802) 2007-12-16 3:52

Jos�,
Deve tersido dif韈il balancear esse branco a�. � uma singela composi玢o, mas apresenteu esmero em sua composi玢o.

Abra鏾

Paulo

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-12-16 9:27

Ol� Jos�,
acho esses detalhes arquitet鬾iocs portugueses muito bonitos e eles influenciaram bem a arquitetura brasileira tamb閙, s� n鉶 gostei do sol muito forte, talvez uma luz mais suave de um fim de tarde ou in韈io de manh� tornaria a foto bem mais agrad醰el, mas est� 髏ima assim tamb閙.
Parab閚s e Abra鏾!

Stepan (27210) 2007-12-16 9:37

Old touch, old style, old light, old colors... It's funny to be able to guess the period with so few details !?
Funny.
St閜hane

Benedict (7076) 2007-12-16 14:42

hi jose,
cool pastel colors so eye-pleasing! a more than 20-year old foto, quality always prevails!
happy holidys ahead, jose.
benedict

jusninasirun (17529) 2007-12-17 1:32

Odd in every manner Jose. I'd call this half-picture. Cleverly presentation of this beautiful architecture in clean beautiful image.
Well done.
Best regards,
Jusni

Docarmo (9767) 2007-12-17 3:52

Ol� Jos�,
Excelente tomada, mostrando estes detalhes do telhado e da pintura. Aquela cortininha rendada na janela da porta me chamou a aten玢o e passou uma boa sensa玢o para mim (cutucou minha mem髍ia remota, mas n鉶 consegui resgatar o motivo do est韒ulo).
Obrigada por partilhar.
MC

danos (110407) 2007-12-17 4:40

Ola Jose,
interesting composition of this facade with the characteristic architectural style of this typical house of Alentejo.The light blue around the door and the ,decorates pleasefully the scene.You must know, that here in Greece, in the county and especially in the islands this colours are the dominant ones.Informative your note too.

Regards,Danos

Emile (20352) 2007-12-17 6:06

Hola Jose.
Buen encuadre de esta foto con las combinaciones de colores, gran idea de sacar estas fotos de tu viejo archivo y exponerla para porder disfrutarlas. La composicion simple me gusta.
Un fuerte abrazo.

UnTrained (0) 2007-12-17 8:53

Ol� Jos�,
what a luck that the old ones can be done digital by scanning. I like the wooden blue and white capture by its textures.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

siolaw (38294) 2007-12-19 6:03

Salut Jos�
J aime bien ce cadrage serr� donnant un bon impact graphique. La nettet� et les couleurs sont bonnes, surtout sachant que c'est un scan.
Une photo antique, mais dej� bien pens閑!
amiti閟
Laurent

pboehringer (770) 2007-12-24 16:07

Jose,
as cores e a luz sao bastante agradaveis porem eu nao gostei muito do enquadramento. Nao vejo a razao de cortar a porta e a janela pela metade. Assim mesmo tem uma certa atracao com o numero "19" e a asymmetria da porta com a cortina.
Abracao, Peter

maloutim (13617) 2007-12-24 16:38

Bonjour Jose!
J'aime bien ce style graphique en bleu, blanc et brun! Les lignes sont pures et la dentelle du toit de tuiles rehausse bien l'ensemble!
Joyeux No雔!
Marie Louise.

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-12-25 11:18

Oi Jose,
Bem tipica esta casa alentejana , baixinha quase batemos com a cabe鏰 no telhado :), tava muito bem arranjada , gostei das faixas azuis faz um bonito contraste com as paredes brancas , parabens!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo
Bom Natal

adores (46979) 2007-12-27 16:40

Ol� Jos�!
J� tem uns bons anitos!Gosto da composi玢o e das cores. � bom ver que ao fim destes anos ainda se encontram casas destas no Alentejo, espero que a situa玢o n鉶 se altere muito.Talvez com mais c閡 tivesse ficado bem mas gosto dela.Boa ideia mostrares os teus trabalhos mais antigos.

jwmunro (286) 2008-01-05 12:06

Happy New Year Jose -

What really caught my attention, especially in the thumbnail, was the roof line. I like how you have cropped the roof to form a top border to the image. This border has forced my eyes into the image to study the white, blues, and off yellows of the door. The exposure is dead on! Something that must be perfect when using a positive film. For an inexpensive and maybe quality questionable film it has stood up to the test of time. I like the composition for it's simplicity and your judicious cropping, especially on the window. Well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John

knowdebu (964) 2008-01-20 0:25

Hi Jose,
Very simple yet very smart composition.The pattern at the top serves the purpose of ornamentation to the picture.
regards
Debabrata

COSTANTINO (117726) 2014-10-05 22:16

Good morning my dear friend
and have a nice new week
I like the facade of this typical house of
Alentejo in blue and white despite its
simplicity its very nice and in my opinion
you must create photos with subject doors
and windows te decoration on the roof
adds beauty too
regards
have a nice time
Costantino