As Marginais - poetry from Alto Minho

Learning about places and landscapes can come to us in different ways, but poetry is one of the easiest to internalize; here, inspiration is in the air.

I´ve captured these images over several months, always filming with my son, still a baby, on my back. We rediscover stories in the places we call home, so I decided to compile them, like a family album... These are places we visit often here in Minho, where we know the sounds and inhabitants, but where there is always much to explore and many surprises.

Our Alto Minho is made of water, lots of greenery, and here we are all marginal species, some with stronger roots to withstand the north wind, others who like the sound of gentle streams, still others who remain uncertain about the floods, and others who choose the deafening sound of waterfalls and levadas.

All are characters of our days.