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\u201cSeeking everyday magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the tagline for Manuel Pita\u2019s Instagram page (@sejkko<\/a>). In this reporter\u2019s opinion, however, the sentiment is too humble: Sejkko doesn\u2019t find everyday magic as much as he uses his artistry to infuse magic into the everyday. The tool he uses to achieve his alchemy is one that will be familiar to architects: natural light.<\/p>\n

{% instagram “65jEJdxOwh\/?taken-by=sejkko” %}<\/p>\n

The page features outdoor shots almost exclusively, most of them in full daylight, but some also during sunrise or sunset. In almost every photo, the phrase \u201csun drenched\u201d comes to mind. The way Sejkko renders light in these photos makes it appear as an actual substance, something that sinks into the pores of his subjects, changing them in a deep, molecular way. One thinks of pleasant, light-headed days at the beach.<\/p>\n

{% instagram “BBOEPSjxO53\/?taken-by=sejkko” %}<\/p>\n

Many of the photos on this page belong to a series Sejkko titles \u201cLonely Houses.\u201d The photos in this series simply feature a single, freestanding house in the center of the frame. The subjects range from gorgeous beachfront properties to charming bungalows to makeshift structures that one wouldn\u2019t usually think of as design objects. However, Sejkko brings out the beauty and dignity of each of these structures. He doesn\u2019t do this in the typical Instagram way \u2014 filtering the rough edges to oblivion \u2014 but by turning the sun up to full blast, so to speak. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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While they appear to be straightforward photos, the \u201cLonely Houses\u201d pictures were actually deftly edited in order to, as Sejkko explains, \u201cbring them as close as possible to the way my eyes see them.\u201d These personal touches, while easy to overlook, give the photos a subtle, dreamy quality related to the artist\u2019s interest in memory.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

{% instagram “BBnCsKRRO-v\/?taken-by=sejkko” %}<\/p>\n

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Sejkko\u2019s observational gifts may be related to his background as a scientist. Sejkko still works as a scientist, but he turned to the visual arts as part of a journey in self-exploration. Indeed, most of the houses featured in the first wave of the \u201cLonely Houses\u201d series were taken in the artist\u2019s native Portugal as part of the artist\u2019s ongoing mission to define the meaning of \u201chome.\u201d<\/p>\n

{% instagram “BCWDhKixOwn\/?taken-by=sejkko” %}<\/p>\n

\u201cMy \u2018lonely houses\u2019 started when I was very little, and realized there was a dichotomy between the feeling of \u201chome\u201d I had inside of me, and what I was perceiving outside, in the place where I was born,\u201d wrote Sejkko in a description of his project. \u201cLooking back into it all, I feel I was a child who, born in the tropics, seemed to carry memories from another home. A home of soft tones, and almost imperceptible, subtle sounds. The colors of my new home fascinated me, and at the same time, contrasted with the memory of home I carried inside me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the series continued, Sejkko started to take portraits of houses outside of Portugal, such as this charming Swedish bungalow. A traveling artist, Sejkko is able to evoke a sense of \u201chome\u201d anywhere. <\/i><\/p>\n

Whether one chooses to view \u201cLonely Houses\u201d as a love letter to false memories or as a celebration of traditional Portuguese architecture, the allure of Sejkko\u2019s photography is impossible to deny.<\/p>\n

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