The guests





Here's some portraits that i took of our guests Maya, Sam, Christian and Aimee. Thanks again for the lovely company. There will be photos from Christian and maya comming up soon on the blog.

Portraits by Jens Selin

Suziie Wang



We have been visited again and this time of a international group of people, Aimee from Australia, Maya from Bulgaria, Christian from Sweden and Sam from New Zealand. Sam a.k.a "Suziie Wang" is a upcomming film maker based in San Francisco and one day during the visit she made a small video of Quinta and it's surroundings. If you would like to see some more advanced work from Suziie press here. More things from our visitors are comming soon.

We really enjoyed the visit thanks for comming :)

Francisca Irena da Silva




This triptych was made by our sweet neighbour Francisca. She lives in Vale Figueira, a small town very close to our house and we're always so happy to have her at home. She's an amazing photographer and you can discover more of her work here.

Mum & Dad











Photographic series by Jens Selin 

Two weeks ago my parents came and visit Quinta, my mum helped us planting out first garden and my dad drank beer :) One day during the visit, Francisca’s brother offered to take us on a day trip to the sea coast. These are the photos from that day and even though the car broke down on the highway and a taxi had to come and get us, we still managed to see the sea  in Nazaré and on our way back we passed by Batalha. 
Thanks Mum & Dad for the visit, I love you!!!

On the train to Barcelona



On the train to Barcelona is my first stop motion experience, made with 215 images photographed in mid October from the floor of a crowded train, between Barcelona and Tarragona. The background scenery of this train trip is beautiful, along the Mediterranean Sea and I’ve started the making of this video in the beginning of November, when I came to this house in Portugal, already 6 months ago. Every time I was missing “my Barcelona” I would let my thoughts flow into the train photograms and for that, I dedicate this moment to my Barcelona friends. Part of me is always with you.*

Pattern





Inspirated in the bricks of portuguese houses, pattern illustrations by Jens Selin