12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
‘I capture the scenes of people enjoying the city', says Dublin street photographer
Higo Figuera is a content creator who takes pictures and videos of the simple things that make Dublin what it is, from buses, street signs and clocks throughout the city.
'I always end up doom-scrolling, and it's just negativity all the time. I keep asking myself, 'Is Dublin that bad?' It can't be that bad,' he said.
'I see the beauty of Dublin. I've had an eye for film and travel photography ever since I was little.
'I'd be walking around to work or running some kind of errand, but I'd always find myself stopping and seeing something out of the corner of my eye.
'Just the aesthetic scene of people enjoying the city. I can't help but look and wonder what they're feeling.
'I choose these little aspects because they're part of the city. They never leave, and people go about their day never noticing these little things.
'But if you put all these little things together, they make up the soul of the city, and I wanted to put it all together where people can see the full story of what Dublin is like.'
After moving from Enfield six years ago, Higo has learned that, despite the daily hardships people face, the sun brings out the best in Dubliners.
'I've learned that living in Dublin is hard, but at the same time people are still able to enjoy it,' he said.
'That's what I see every day, especially when it's sunny out, a group of friends just enjoying each other's company at the park, a mum and dad taking their child on a walk, or an owner and their dog going on a run.
'It's just people absorbing sunlight, feeling happy that they're in the city. I think it's really beautiful and that's pretty much the essence of the videos I put up.
'It's the little things happening around you and people are indeed happy. They're not bogged down by all the negativity online.
'Dublin is a very tight knit community. It feels like a village or a town, but in the skin of a city, and you get all the benefits of that,' he added.
