A city in your suitcase

¿Qué guardamos en nuestras maletas? Más allá de la ropa y objetos que llevamos de viaje, lo que siempre permanece en nuestras maletas son los recuerdos de los viajes. El fotógrafo Rui Calçada Bastos ha recubierto una maleta de espejos para realizar su último proyecto fotográfico: ‘The Mirror Suitcase Man‘. Fotografías en blanco y negro de espíritu surrealista que atrapan la esencia de las ciudades en su interior. Sin duda alguna, la maleta de Calçada Bastos es el mejor objeto para acompañarnos en nuestros viajes. Personajes que van y vienen en metro, caminando, sosteniendo la maleta o, simplemente, dejando en medio de un parque. El misterio de las instantáneas nos atrapa y fascina, enseñándonos nuevos paisajes y formas de percibir el mundo. Y vosotros, ¿qué ciudad guardaríais en vuestra maleta?

What do we keep in our suitcases? Beyond the clothes and objects we take for travelling, what always remain in our baggage are the travel memories. Photographer Rui Calçada Bastos has coated a suitcase with mirrors in order to do a photographic project called “The Mirror Suitcase Man”. Pictures in black and white with a surrealistic spirit catch the essence of the cities inside of it. Without a doubt, Calçada Bastos’ suitcase is the best object to take with us in our journeys. Characters that come and go in the subway, walking or taking a suitcase or, they just put in the middle of a park. The mystery of the snapshots catches and fascinates us. They teach us new landscapes and new ways of perceiving the world. And you, what city do you keep in your suitcase?

What do we keep in our suitcases? Beyond the clothes and objects we take for travelling, what always remain in our baggage are the travel memories. Photographer Rui Calçada Bastos has coated a suitcase with mirrors in order to do a photographic project called “The Mirror Suitcase Man”. Pictures in black and white with a surrealistic spirit catch the essence of the cities inside of it. Without a doubt, Calçada Bastos’ suitcase is the best object to take with us in our journeys. Characters that come and go in the subway, walking or taking a suitcase or, they just put in the middle of a park. The mystery of the snapshots catches and fascinates us. They teach us new landscapes and new ways of perceiving the world. And you, what city do you keep in your suitcase?