Beautiful forms and colours are everywhere. Whether created by nature or by people, every expression has its own "soul". Photos taken on the islands of Pico, Faial, and São Jorge in the Azores.
A snail-shell? The stairs in the lighthouse of Capelinhos on Faial island
The eye of the whale. A local home owner in Ponte Gorda on Pico island created this piece of art in a natural crack in the lava rock.
The sky on earth. A water place on Pico island.
Cyclops of an unknown artist in Velas on São Jorge island.
The ocean is taking back the new rock that appeared in a volcanic eruption that lasted more than a year in 1957-1958 at Capelinhos on Faial island, creating marvelous colours, forms, and lines.
Fight of the giants. A sperm whale and a giant squid. A painting on a new building in Madalena on Pico island.
100 % Nature. A piece of lava rock on Pico island.
The flight of a Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) over the ocean, somewhere between Pico island and the island of São Jorge.
Ready to jump. A young man prepares to jump into the ocean near Santo António on Pico island.