Up Hill- Collection: Portugal
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A man pushes his bicycle up one of Lisbon's steep cobblestone streets, the tram rails cutting through the foreground as ancient facades and tangled overhead wires frame the narrow climb. Shot in black and white, the image captures the raw energy and motion of everyday life in Portugal — the effort in his posture telling a quietly powerful story about the rhythms of this hilly city. The low camera angle transforms a simple urban moment into something cinematic, turning street and social life into a study of determination against a backdrop of timeworn architecture. Photographer Pepijn Thijsse has a gift for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, revealing Portugal not through its postcard beauty but through the honest, human pulse that runs beneath it.
Based in Australia, Pepijn Thijsse is an award-winning, self-taught photographer capturing fine art street scenes, architecture and nature. His work focuses on unique perspectives and human behavior, often wandering into backstreets to discover overlooked details.
Our Looks
Photo printed behind 3 mm acrylic (110 x 110 x 3 mm)
The acrylic is mounted on an MDF core measuring 110 x 110 x 22 mm
The country where the photo was taken (the corresponding country collection) is engraved on the side of the MDF block
The back is engraved with: the photographer’s name, the title of the photo, the country collection, and a QR code linking to the LooksOnLife website
Our Wrapps
A silicone frame developed by LooksOnLife
Available in 16 colours
Easy to apply and interchangeable, allowing you to refresh the Look
Width: 0.8 mm
The Wrapped Looks
A Look combined with a Wrapp
On our website, we present five favourite Wrapp colours per Look, but you can choose from all 16 colours
You select the Look and add your preferred Wrapp colour
Total dimensions: 126 x 126 x 25 mm
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Description
Every Look is a handcrafted fine art block, a photograph printed behind 3mm crystal-clear acrylic and mounted on a solid MDF block (110 × 110 mm). Designed to hang on your wall or stand on any surface, it fits naturally into any interior.
On this page we show our five recommended Wrapp colours for this Look, carefully chosen to complement the image. Prefer a different Wrapp colour? Order the Look and choose any of our 16 Wrapp colours to create your own Wrapped Look. Mix, match and refresh whenever you like.
All Looks are hand-finished in our photo lab in The Netherlands.
Up Hill- Collection: Portugal
Pepijn Thijsse
Street & Social life
Energy & Motion
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