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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Barcelonan Memory

The photo was taken from a side street in Barcelona leading up to the hill of Montjuïc, looking back at the city stretching eastward. The Sagrada Familia can be seen in the far background at the centre of the photo, with the ancestral house and scooter in the foreground showing an everyday feel of life in the hilly backstreets in the western part of the city. The photo strives to capture a memory of Barcelona that is both timely and timeless, relying strongly on the visual dynamic between its foreground and its background.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Barcelona, Spain
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL SL1
Copyright: © Xavier Martinez