Think of the children of Palestine, living orphans Others massacred by bloodthirsty drones and missiles, Murdered without mercy By hunger, thirst and bullets Think of their decapitated limbs Their hearts torn apart Wounded, despised, like red poppies Dried in a vase without water on a table In a corner of some house That no longer exists Also torn apart
However, do not forget the red poppy The red poppy of Palestine Stained, dirty with blood The same color as the blood spilled today The dried, dehydrated red poppy That will be justly defied
(Merry Christmas…to rethink Christmas, for a more just world, without wars and without hunger)
[me and my cururu boys(*)] (*) Igarapé do Cururu, Manaus, Amazonas state, Brasil. 2005. ———– Exhibition of photographs called MY PITTORESCA AMAZON. UFOP Arts and Convention Center Ouro Preto MG Brasil. March 18-21/2024
A tribute to Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946): “Equivalents”
(clouds in the skies of Minas Gerais photographed from inside the moving car on the MG-050 between Belo Horizonte and São Sebastião do Paraíso (Minas Gerais state, Brasil) with my Panasonic Lumix LX100II)
Launch of my latest photography book called ASSOMBRAÇÕES (HAUNTINGS) at the FOTO EM PAUTA Festival in Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil from March 6-10, 2024.
At this same festival, five of my photos of the Brazilian Amazon from my project called MY PITORRESCA AMAZON will also be projected, which is the theme of my next photography exhibition to be held at the Arts and Convention Center of the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil in the period March 17-20, 2024.
As I previously announced two days ago, the 9th Photo Exhibition (the 1st took place at USP in São Carlos-SP-Brazil in 2019) of my project and book published in 2021 called RURAIS is already installed in the lobby of the Rectory of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Rod. Washington Luiz, s/n – Monjolinho, São Carlos, SP-Brazil where he will remain until April 24, 2023.
There are 21 black and white photographs of rural workers from different locations in 4 Brazilian states: São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul that I took in the years 2018-2021.
I am immensely grateful to Mrs. Lourdes Moraes, Chief of Staff of the Rectory and Prof. Dr. Pedro Sérgio Fadini, ProRector of Research (ProPq) at UFSCar for the invitation to set up this exhibition, for the warm welcome and for making this wonderful space available at the Rectory. Thanking Mrs. Lourdes and Prof. Pedro, I am also respectfully thanking all the senior management at UFSCar in São Carlos, a house that was my home for 45 years.
I would be more than happy with the visit of the entire UFSCar community as well as other visitors from the cities of São Carlos and the region!
Visitation will take place from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 19:00.
In due course, we will disclose the date and time of an opening act for the exhibition and a date/time of a possible visit guided by me.
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PHOTO: rural workers returning to their homes after a hard day’s work. Rural area of the municipality of São João Batista do Glória (MG-Brasil). 2018.
Antonio Mozeto 