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Sculptured Trees

… or, a steel and glass roof designed to emulate rows of trees, whichever you prefer. This was the vision Portuguese architect Santiago Calatrava executed in designing Lisbon Oriente Train Station, known to locally as Lisboa Estacion Orient. Expositions often…

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After the Game

Here in Lisbon, after a couple of eventful World Cup games, fans made their way home through the shadows and cobbles.

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Streets of Gold

In an earlier post, I offered that new locales can often be more interesting photographed before people begin to stir. Well, there’s also a great deal to be said for evening photography. Here’s a shot I suspect is not uncommon…

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