The charm of old European cities comes from the juxtaposition of 18th century streets and 21st century life. Street photography fits such scenes well because they can display contemporary people inhabiting surroundings quite different from those we are used to seeing. While wandering the ancient but tidy streets of this little town in Northern Portugal, I found myself walking towards a dead end flooded with light and filled with geometry. It was a Sunday, so most of the stores were shuttered and most of the people here were visitors. Although the shop at the corner had its awning out and interior visible, it too, was closed. I simply stood well back in the shadows and shot various visitors silhouetted against the lighter building as they insisted on peering into the windows of the tiny shop at the corner. I was looking for effective body language, and I found it when this particular man bent his head forward towards the window, and in so doing, echoed the angle of the awning above his head. He, and the woman who shops alongside of him, are thus seamlessly integrated into the space that flows around them. This image also works because of its negative space – the spaces between the awning and the man, the man and the woman, and the woman and the window, fairly crackle with tension and energy. I have captured a moment in time and integrated these people into the design of the charming space that surrounds them to tell a simple story: the 21st century meeting the 19th century on common ground: shopping.