Mohamed Ould Soule in the Majabaat Al Koubra (Sahara desert heartland). This desert with 900 km without water points, is one of the most terrible in the planet.

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In the Tagant region, a caravan slowly crossed the sands. This nomad boy had a particular fondness by his camel.

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With temperatures rising up to 40 - 55ºC, this desert is a terrible one, in particular when blows the Harmatan, the hot wind, when temperatures rise up to 60ºC. The empty sea of dunes make us feel our true dimension.

The old city of Chinguetti was declared World Heritage, thanks to a lot of important medieval libraries that have kept the arab knowledge of several generations, since the XI century. Mohamed Ould Soule, wearing his traditional boubou, stands in front of the door of one of those libraries.

Shepherds in Timbuktu, mytical city for the Europeans, for centuries.

Touareg from Timbuktu. The Touareg people, without a country, lives in several regions and countries of the Sahara desert. Proudly free, they are respected for their attitude and warrior behaviour. They were the only people of the Sahara with an alphabetic writing.

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Sacred tree. Ségou

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A shepherdess girl. Peul women in Mali are considered amongst the most beautiful in Africa.

Magic symbol of Songho, Mali

A medersa schoolboys.

The daughter of Amadou Cissé, one of the great guides of Djenné, Mali.

The  World Heritage Djenné mosque is the biggest mud building in the world. For centuries, people from throughout the region gather in town for the festive market day on Monday.

The tea ceremony in the saharian plateau of Tergit.

The rocky and windy plateau, where Théodore Monod has made a great part of his discoveries related to the first settlements of the Sahara.

Mohamed Ould Soule and Zaïda take shelter from the hot sun of the desert, in a traditional house of Ouadane.

The tea ceremony is a serious thing to Bilehr, Salem and Mohamed Ould Soule.

The miracle of water in the middle of the Sahara desert.

Solitude, emptiness and a sand storm.

Here, on the banks of the Niger, have played and created good music the great musicians Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté.

Life on the banks of the Niger river.

Baobab on the cliffs of Bandiagara. These cliffs, 250 km long, and with altitudes between 100 and 300 m, is by excellence the Dogon country.

Billions of locusts invade the beaches of Nouakchott.

The sky is dark with the locusts.

Mediterranean banks.

Crossing the Bani river, on market's day in Djenné.

Bhopas are considered to be priest singers who depict the story of folk deities. The Bhopas are invited by villagers to perform in their areas during times of sickness and misfortune. Here, at the camel fair of Pushkar, in the Thar desert, a Bhopa plays the Ravan-hattha musical instrument while his daughter sings the melody.

Reading the Torah near the Wailing Wall.

Celebration Day. Coptic monastery of Deir Anba Bishoi, during the visit of Pope Shenouda III.

Sultan al-Nasir mosque. Citadel of Cairo.

Yazd is one of the oldest cities in the world, a place where Marco Polo wandered around. Nowadays, as a World Heritage site, it stills mantain a lot of wind towers (bädgïrs). This centuries old iranian invention, a kind of air conditioning, cools the interior of the dwelling-houses.

A caravan in the nubian desert.

Wailing Wall.

José Félix

Aurélio Silva

Fátima Vieira and Ildemira Correia

Hugo Rocha

Armando Gamito

Virgílio Tavares

Artur Sepanas and José Adriano

«Hypnosis professor, psychoanalysis, magnetism and fascination, fakir, bullfighter, international movies star, archaeologist, long distance sailor, cook, professional diver, frogman, canned food industrial, locksmith, turner, mechanician, electrician, boxeur, judo champion, cycler, basketball, volleyball».

Luciano Santos

Manuel Nogueira

Nazaré Silva

Marcelino Silva

Eduardo Silva and Julieta Fernandes

José Eduardo Ferreira

Quim Gouveia, Tânia Silva and Sónia Ramalho

Maria Gabriela Guerreiro

José Borges

José Borges

Manuel Neto and Custódio Maduro

Manuel António

Celestino Martins,  Jorge Vicente Fragoso, António dos Santos and Fernando António Filipe

Olga Monteiro and Maria Adelaide Silva

Miguel

Vitor Martins, Paulo Belém, Leonel Belém and José Ramos

Priest Francisco de Jesus Graça

José Maria

Luís Pacheco

Helder Pinho

Domingos Grão

Firmino Bordalo

Américo de Almeida

António Carreira

António Reis (Tony Reis)

Francisco Canelas

João Silva (Zé Branco) and José António (Zé Preto)

Policarpo Santos (Kinito Filho) and Odete Martins (Odete Martini)

Policarpo Santos (Kinito Filho) and Odete Martins (Odete Martini)

João Loureiro and Maria de Jesus

D. Manuel Martins

João Mendão

Luís Filipe Gomes

Winter. Burel, a traditional coarse woollen cloth, is the ideal help to protect from cold and rain.

Montemuro mountains, in the center of Portugal, is one of the few places where centuries old traditions have survived.

Owners of a wild bull that won several bullfights in Barroso, Trás-os-Montes.

Guadramil, one of the most remote and isolated regions in Portugal.

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The traditional musician of Constantim. He plays in the feasts  of "Carocho" and "Velha".

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Limited edition of 50 prints (for size 33x48,3cm), numbered and signed.

Snowy night. A cattle market in the mountains.

Old chestnut-trees during Winter.

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Ti Maria, farmer. She makes fantastic cheeses.

Ti Maria, farmer. She makes fantastic cheeses.

Ti Adelino, eighty years old, keeps going with farming. He is one of the last fishermen of the Tagus river, on the banks of Amieira.

A stormy day over the cork-trees.

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Owner of a wild bull, winner of several bullfights.

Spinning the wool.

The thin border between Spain and Portugal.

Winter. The wind is all around us.