Michael Hoffman Photography

retrospective: lisbon in instagrams

At the time of writing this, we are living in truly weird times. There is a global pandemic ravaging the world, causing a lot of sadness and grief but also turning our lives upside down. As someone who travels a lot, both for leisure and for work, the closure of the borders is a significant change in my life. I had a lot of plans for travel and also for this website, which are canceled or on hold for now. But you have to see the upsides as well. There is a feeling of change in the air, of reflection and rethinking. Now we have the time to ask ourselves: What is essential, and what do we truly need? The future seems more uncertain than ever before.

A good time for a retrospection. For many years, I was pretty active on Instagram, and I liked the very distinct square format. Intentionally, I kept it very separate from this website because I didn’t think the shots were fitting for desktop screens. But having time at home, I am sorting my library, and I like the Instagram format for some shots, so I decided to do some collections. Let’s start with a country and city which is very close to me. Selected impressions of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2014.