Architecture

“Architecture is the art of building, it’s a commitment to the volumes, the colors, the spaces. So I think the architecture is the most complete of the arts.” Ruy Ohtake, a great architect from São Paulo, Brazil (Canal Arte 1, from the Brazilian Architects series).
“The basis of architecture is invention.” Oscar Niemeyer, one of the greatest Brazilian and world architects who has several works in Brazil and in several countries. Continue reading “Architecture”

Diary of a trip

The slightly yellow and warm waters of the Paraná River (27° 16 ’09 “S, 58° 14′ 38” W), just south of beloved South America, bathe a region that is home to incredibly beautiful and important aquatic ecosystems (riverine and wetlands) for the ecology of many species of terrestrial and aquatic animals and plants of the world. Continue reading “Diary of a trip”

“The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” – Edward Weston

“The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” – Edward Weston

“The fun thing about photography— augmenting our vision and reality” – Eric Kim

Wise words from Weston and Kim.
Thinking seriously about them, I reviewed these three photographs I made a long time ago. Continue reading ““The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” – Edward Weston”

Rural workers

“I give respect to the unimportant things and unimportant beings. I appreciate bugs more than planes.
I value the speed of the turtles more than the speed of the missiles.
I have this delay of birth in me. I was equipped to be like birds.
I have plenty to be happy about it. My backyard is greater than the world.”
(poem called ‘Respect’ by Manoel de Barros)

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