Captured in the rugged highlands of Paredes do Rio (Montalegre, Portugal), this photograph holds a domestic interior in suspension. A seated figure remains beside the hearth as light advances and withdraws across the room. Warmth dominates the space. Within the linen cycle, water serves a precise function: it softens the fibre, slows time, and prepares transformation through immersion and waiting. This interior belongs to that necessary pause. The body occupies a moment between stages, where heat replaces water and duration replaces action. The image does not show the process itself, but the condition that allows it to continue — a lived interval in which time, matter, and labour realign before the next phase begins.

* March 16, 2013
* Paredes do Rio, Portugal
* GPS: 41.796567, -7.923783
* From the series: Spirit of Earth — Traditional Practices
* Object number: #4.POR-SET.2013
* Nikon D800, 24-70/2.8 • Iso 800 • 31mm • f/6.3 • 1/100sec
* Photograph. 70×50 cm. Ed. 1/12 + 3 AP
* Print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag Matt Baryta, 308 g/m²