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Blue-eyed blonde of the Alentejo

The harsh Portuguese summer sun is beating down in full force while blondie here is posing on the side of an Alentejo back road.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

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Blue-eyed blonde of the Alentejo

The harsh Portuguese summer sun is beating down in full force while blondie here is posing on the side of an Alentejo back road.

About Artist

Henkjan Schrijver

CARIAN is a fine art photography brand and travel culture publication by nomadic writer and photographer Henkjan Schrijver. Background In 2015 I left a corporate career in The Netherlands, started a solo company, bought a one-way ticket to Perth, Australia and didn't look back. I grew up with film cameras and picked up the digital variety to document my solo travels. Nowadays I mainly shoot digital with Sony Alpha and film with Hasselblad. Focus Travelling solo, I document the off-key scenes that fascinate me: everyday ironies in the street, dazzling light along the coast and sudden wildlife encounters deep in the mountains. With my work I want to encourage people to widen their field of view and explore the world around them.

Henkjan Schrijver

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Landscapes, Nature, People, Street, Travel, Wildlife

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Portugal

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