Field notes from a life in transit ●  currently: Portugal

Sofia Costa

I photograph slow mornings, long light, and the places in between.

June 2026
Woman sitting alone at a marble café table with a salad and sparkling water, Sintra National Palace twin towers visible behind her, bright midday light.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№79 → Portugal

№ 79  ·  Portugal  ·  27 June 2026

Midday in Sintra: A Slow Lunch Below the National Palace

A midday pause at an outdoor café in Sintra's village center. The National Palace towers above, the sparkling water settles, and nothing needs to happen next.

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Overhead view of traditional Marrakech tannery dye vats in vivid blues, ambers, and whites, soft morning light casting shallow shadows across the grid.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№78 → Morocco

№ 78  ·  Morocco  ·  27 June 2026

Marrakech Tanneries at Dawn: Color, Smell, and Stillness

Standing above the dye vats of a Marrakech tannery with mint and a film camera. What a morning in the medina actually looks and smells like.

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Narrow lamp-lit lane in the Marrakech souk at dusk, hands cupping a small ceramic bowl, warm golden light on textured walls.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№77 → Morocco

№ 77  ·  Morocco  ·  26 June 2026

When the Lanterns Come On in the Dyers Quarter

Lamp-lit lanes, spice dust, a ceramic bowl still warm. Wandering the Marrakech souk at dusk with a film camera and nowhere specific to be.

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Sofia Costa · 35mm№76 → Morocco

№ 76  ·  Morocco  ·  26 June 2026

Jardin Majorelle Before the Crowds: Morning Light in Marrakech

Cobalt walls, yellow planters, slanted light. What Jardin Majorelle looks like at nine in the morning with no one around - shot on 35mm in Marrakech.

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Candlelit riad courtyard in Marrakech with a lamb tajine and mint tea on a mosaic table, warm lantern light overhead, nighttime.
A lamb tajine under lanterns in a Marrakech riad courtyard. № 75 · place study · 25 June 2026
Torn msemen flatbread and a glass of mint tea on a tiled riad rooftop table in Marrakech, warm morning light over medina rooftops.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№74 → Morocco

№ 74  ·  Morocco  ·  25 June 2026

Rooftop Breakfast in Marrakech: Msemen, Mint Tea, and Silence

Morning on a riad rooftop in Marrakech. Msemen with argan oil honey, mint tea poured from height, and the medina stretching out in every direction. A slow moment.

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Rooftop café table with a glass of mint tea overlooking Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech at sunset, minarets lit in warm golden light.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№73 → Morocco

№ 73  ·  Morocco  ·  24 June 2026

Rooftop Evening in Marrakech: Sunset Over Djemaa el-Fna

Mint tea on a rooftop above Djemaa el-Fna as the square fills with smoke and music. A slow evening in Marrakech, shot on 35mm film.

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Overhead view of Marrakech tannery dye vats in vivid blues, ambers, and whites from an upper balcony, soft diffused morning light, hand holding mint sprig in foreground.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№72 → Morocco

№ 72  ·  Morocco  ·  24 June 2026

Marrakech Tanneries at Dawn: Color, Mint, and 35mm Film

Morning inside Marrakech's traditional tanneries. Dye vats in every color, a sprig of mint, and the quiet work of watching. Shot on 35mm by Sofia Costa.

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Narrow lamp-lit lane in the Marrakech souk at dusk, hands holding a small ceramic bowl among spice stalls, warm golden light on clay walls.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№71 → Morocco

№ 71  ·  Morocco  ·  23 June 2026

The Souk Swallows the Map: Marrakech at Dusk

Lamp-lit lanes, spice dust, a ceramic bowl cupped in both hands. Sofia Costa wanders the Marrakech souk at nightfall and forgets the way back on purpose.

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Cobalt blue wall and bright yellow planter at Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech, low slanted morning light casting sharp shadows across the garden path.
Cobalt walls, yellow planters, one gardener. № 70 · place study · 23 June 2026
Crowded Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech at sunset with smoke rising from food stalls, warm amber light, seen from ground level.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№69 → Morocco

№ 69  ·  Morocco  ·  22 June 2026

First Night in Djemaa el-Fna: Marrakech at Sunset on Film

Smoke from the food stalls, the call to prayer, a square that swallows you whole. My first steps into Djemaa el-Fna at sunset, duffel still on my shoulder.

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Boarding pass resting beside a small café cortado on a metal airport table, departures board showing Marrakech glowing softly in the background.
Sofia Costa · 35mm№68 → Morocco

№ 68  ·  Morocco  ·  22 June 2026

Barcelona to Marrakech: A Film Photographer in Transit

A cortado at El Prat, a boarding pass to Marrakech, and the quiet anticipation of somewhere new. Sofia Costa on the beauty of being in between.

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Where the film has been
"I travel slowly, shoot on film, and write down what the light was doing. This journal is where the frames land, two a day, wherever I happen to wake up."

Sofia Costa · film photographer · permanently in transit

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