all photos and videos by jose oliveira


On observation

On movement

On method

On intent

all photos and videos by jose oliveira


On observation: Photographs made while walking, waiting and returning.

On method: Images gathered over time and arranged by resonance.

On intent: Photographs as notes - provisional, attentive, incomplete.

On movement: Made between journeys, pauses and returns.

nature, texture, iceland, moody, photography, otherworldly iceland, underground, underworld, otherwordly, woodland,

On observation

Photographs made while walking, waiting and returning.

Ticket to yesterday


A man pauses beside the box office on Blackpool Pier. The lights remain on, the signage promises spectacle, and the act of waiting becomes part of the attraction.

Blackpool, UK, 2024

At the threshold


A brief pause at the entrance. Inside, colour and warmth; outside, stone and habit. The moment before choosing which side to step into.

Lisbon, Portugal, 2024

nature, texture, iceland, moody, photography, otherworldly iceland, underground, underworld, otherwordly, woodland,

A man pauses beside the box office on Blackpool Pier. The lights remain on, the signage promises spectacle, and the act of waiting becomes part of the attraction.

Blackpool, UK, 2024

floating mushroom
three floating mushrooms

On observation

Photographs made while walking, waiting and returning.

Ticket to yesterday


an island created by volcanoes

sand texture
drone shot of iceland
rocks on beach close up
black sand texture
beach texture

iceland’s geothermic pools and black sand beaches create stunning compositions from the air. both are created by the island’s constant volcanic activity.

textures, texture, landscape, iceland landscape,macro photography, macro, iceland, nature, moody, photography, otherworldly iceland, underground, underworld, otherwordly, rocks,
black rock texture

natural beauty in its rawest form

black sand texture
drone shot of red rocks

iceland’s surface is carved by water, originating from either its massive glaciers or abundant rainfall.

landscape of red rocks
red boulders
waterfall with red rocks
background texture of beach

the sun’s angle at this latitude produces deep and contrasty colors, drawing out the blacks in the volcanic soil and saturating the greens from the grasses and moss.

shop prints

a2 sized digital c prints, suitable for framing. each edition is limited to ten prints.

black rocks texture
red rocks shot on drone
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