The Flickr Airportscene Image Generatr

Despite the challenges of the day, Aer Lingus retro A320
EI-DVM " Saint Colman turns onto runway 10 at Dublin bound for Malaga, Spain as EI 584.

On this day, Spain & Portugal suffered a total shutdown of their power grids, with many flights cancelled, airports operator Aena kept going throughout the disruption with the aid of generators.


EI-DVM was delivered to Aer Lingus in March 2011 in a blaze of fanfare to celebrate the airlines 75 years in service.

everyone sits, stares, waits. some sleep with their eyes open. others move right through — so fast they barely exist. an airport isn’t a place, it’s a condition. the ceiling lines don’t lead anywhere. they just count time. what’s left is this: bodies fading, thoughts lingering, faces locked inside motion. between gate and ghost, you often lose what you never meant to carry.

boarding was already announced when i noticed him. calm. concentrated. playing the piano in the departure hall as if it were a stage. the sound didn’t drift — it stayed close. i showed him the camera. he nodded once. i photographed him with the gfx100rf. he kept playing. later he told me his name was leo. and wished me a good flight.

at the palma de mallorca airport, time feels like a dance of fleeting moments. the polished floor reflects the soft chaos of movement — a man walking past, the still alignment of luggage carts waiting for their next task. shadows and light play out a silent rhythm, like a traveler’s pulse quickening with anticipation. there is a subtle elegance in the mundane, a quiet poetry in the way the world moves when no one notices. this is the heartbeat of transition, caught in monochrome simplicity.