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20 images Created 17 Jun 2018

After The Fall

Having part of my family roots in the Beira Baixa region in Portugal means that forest fires have been something quite familiar. Back in the 2003 fires one of my most vivid memories of the aftermath was the complete darkness of the following Winter, the blackened hills covered by dark clouds. After the 2017 fires, when the hills around my house where consumed by flames, I knew I wanted to capture Winter's arrival.
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  • Trees with scorched leaves from massive heat from a recent fire.
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  • Another wildfire starting, only a few weeks after the the deadly fires from early June.
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  • Construction yard between Pedrogão Grande and Figueiró dos Vinhos destroyed by June's fires.
    L_FigueiroDosVinhos_201757731.jpg
  • Many villages were surrounded by the wildfires.
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  • Construction yard between Pedrogão Grande and Figueiró dos Vinhos destroyed by June's fires.
    L_FigueiroDosVinhos_201757684.jpg
  • Construction yard between Pedrogão Grande and Figueiró dos Vinhos destroyed by June's fires.
    L_FigueiroDosVinhos_201757726.jpg
  • Looking at the destruction from the mid October fires.
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  • Summer has passed in the Central regions of Portugal and Winter has arrived, after the destructive wilfires that destroyed large areas of forest.
    L_Oleiros_201759727.jpg
  • An abandoned house that was an easy target for the destructive fires.
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  • A winter storm approaching quickly
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  • Summer has passed in the Central regions of Portugal and Winter has arrived, after the destructive wilfires that destroyed large areas of forest.
    F_Oleiros_201759954.jpg
  • Stormy clouds gathering over some burned trees.
    L_Serta_201759542.jpg
  • Summer has passed in the Central regions of Portugal and Winter has arrived, after the destructive wilfires that destroyed large areas of forest.
    L_Serta_201759487.jpg
  • Destroyed small van in a small construction yard.
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  • The basin of Zezere river, with the visible effects of the severe drought and the carbonized trees in its margins.
    L_Oleiros_201759994.jpg
  • "Alminhas" are small shrines for the dead, often found in crossroads. This one was already abandoned and in decay when consummed by flames.
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  • An abandoned house that was an easy target for the destructive fires.
    F_Serta_201760204.jpg
  • Many villages were surrounded by the wildfires, and in many cases getting very close to the houses.
    L_Serta_201759920.jpg
  • House that was entirely surrounded in the October fires.
    L_Oleiros_201759787.jpg
  • Fresh grass starting to appear in the pastures after the first rains.
    L_Serta_201759917.jpg