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I share in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia this photograph taken one summer night in Cadaqués during the twilight hour at dusk.
I found the image beautiful for several reasons. The first, the wonderful setting of Cadaqués during the pink hour with the full moon adorning the sky.
In the snapshot two children appear with their backs turned reading, something that should not surprise us, but unfortunately today it does shock us, since it is more common for them to be with a mobile phone in their hands from an early age rather than with a book especially on vacation.
My intention was to take a photograph only of the landscape, but they were exactly in the place that I wanted to photograph and I thought it was such a beautiful image that transmitted peace and calm that I did it anyway.
Cadaqués is one of the most emblematic towns on the Costa Brava, with a past linked to the artist Salvador Dalí and lucky enough to be located next to Cap de Creus. The origin of the toponym is Cap de Quers or Cap d’Aques, which translates as “cape of rocks”.
The landscape, with the boats in the background, transports us to the maritime atmosphere that prevails in this part of the Girona coast. In fact, Cadaqués’ own fishing ordinances have been known since the 16th century.
Cadaqués is the easternmost town on the Iberian Peninsula. Its municipal term occupies most of the east coast of the Cap de Creus massif. Isolated by the mountains of Puig de Paní and Puig de Bufadors from the rest of the Empordà, it lives facing the sea.
