A magical umbrella sky.

In Águeda village in Portugal their beautiful day has multicoloured sky. One of the streets in this pretty little village is transformed into a beautiful sky of brightly coloured umbrellas suspended by strings attached to buildings on the either side of the street. The installation is an initiative by the council, in the small town just south of Porto, and is part of an art festival call Agitagueda.

These beautiful pictures were captured by 35-year-old photographer Patrícia Almeida who writes: 

“In July, in Águeda, some streets are decorated with colorful umbrellas. I read about it and I became curious, so, during a Saturday I went there to take photos of the two streets decorated with the umbrellas. Before driving to Agueda I used Google maps to find those streets, but when I got there I did not need the map. I was inside the car and I saw the umbrellas hanging in the sky."

"It was somehow magical. I just walked several times along the two streets and took the pictures. I felt like a kid, amazed by all that colour! Walking under that sky made of umbrellas reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, it is something completely unexpected that made me smile."

"I tried to take photos of both the umbrellas and their shadows on the floor, and, since I like details, I also took some pictures of the umbrellas without the surroundings. Later, I reflected about it, and I was wondering how could something so simple make you feel happy and have such an impact on people."

She has named this series 'Umbrella Sky'.