F. Gonçalves

Southern Europe

9 photographs. 2024–2026

Italy and Portugal: the Sassi of Matera, a roofless abbey in Tuscany, a man reading the paper in Siena, a spring valley in South Tyrol. And the Atlantic coast of Portugal, in fog in the south and at sunset on the beach at Matosinhos.

  1. A green alpine valley with farmhouses and a small white church below snow-capped peaks, framed by blurred yellow dandelions in the foreground.

    01 Spring Valley, South Tyrol. 2024

  2. Three people sit and stand on a stone wall looking across the pale stone houses of the Sassi di Matera, stacked up the hillside in evening light.

    02 The Sassi, Matera. 2024

  3. A seagull stands in silhouette on dark sand at the edge of the sea, with the evening sun breaking through heavy cloud above the waves.

    03 Seagull, Matosinhos. 2025

  4. A surfer carrying a board walks out of the frame along the shoreline at sunset, with gulls flying low over the waves behind him.

    04 Last Wave, Matosinhos. 2025

  5. A classic sailing yacht with a tall bare mast lies at anchor on a calm grey sea, with a line of hazy hills and islands behind it.

    05 Sailboat, Tuscan coast. 2026

  6. Black and white: the roofless nave of San Galgano Abbey, a long row of pointed stone arches with sunlight falling in patches on the gravel floor.

    06 San Galgano, Chiusdino. 2026

  7. An elderly man in a Panama hat and sunglasses reads a newspaper at a newsstand in a narrow Siena street, a yellow bag on his arm and contrada flags hanging beside him.

    07 Corriere di Siena, Siena. 2026

  8. An elderly man in a Panama hat reads beside a stone archway in Siena, holding a yellow bag, a small delivery van parked in the sunny street beyond.

    08 Reading, Siena. 2026

  9. A sheer sea cliff half hidden in fog, with gulls in the air and white water at its base.

    09 Cliffs in Fog, Costa Vicentina.