Moledo is Portugal's northernmost beach, renowned for its beauty and historical significance, featuring a fort and Monte de Santa Tecla. Pilgrims pass daily en route to Santiago de Compostela, making the journey of about 500 miles. Adelino Marques captures this scene using the Hipstamatic app for a monochrome effect enhancing light and shape contrasts. He developed a preference for black-and-white photography through years of darkroom practice, highlighting the serenity of the landscape and the resilience of the passersby.
The northernmost beach in Portugal, Moledo, features a fort as a national monument and a nearby hill, Monte de Santa Tecla, in Spain's territory.
Marques developed his film negatives in a darkroom at home, leading to a preference for black-and-white imagery, regardless of the medium used.
For this photograph, Marques used the Hipstamatic app to apply a monochrome filter, allowing for better contrast of light and shapes, evoking serenity.
Pilgrims traverse the area daily on their way to Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrimage of roughly 500 miles that typically spans about a month.
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