Oh !, time … time, that damn-blessed inexorable variable … inevitable, unshakable, inflexible, relentless, unspeakable variable … the time that denies everything and erases everything … the time that yellow the love letter leaf kept so long in a drawer … forgotten there, but not from time, to time … time that wears out love … time that soothes passions and brings loneliness … time for a utopian world … and, at the same time, a dystopian world … time that everything weathered and destroyed the beauty and perfection of the beautiful … that appeased, that ended wars … that ended everything, from manias to epidemics and pandemics, that calmed the gusts … that the flower withers, rots the fruit and soothes the pain … which creates unrest and brings fear … Continue reading “The power of photography: time, ephemerality and memory”
Tag: black and white photography
… records of industrial architecture, São Carlos, SP-Brazil …
… records of industrial architecture, São Carlos, SP-Brazil … Continue reading “… records of industrial architecture, São Carlos, SP-Brazil …”
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….cats: how not to like them?!?!
Even in times of quarantine and social isolation as I live in a very little neighborhood (low traffic of cars and people) I have been making my walks almost daily. I usually walk from 1 ½ hours to 2 hours. Always wearing a mask, but I don’t make contact with anyone. Continue reading “….cats: how not to like them?!?!”
Diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs can be fun and tell revealing stories
Diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs are not only fun, but an expressive form of photography as they may tell stories more clearly than individual photos. Continue reading “Diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs can be fun and tell revealing stories”
mon amazone pittoresque
anthropomorphic photography or pareidolia
Some new shots on tree trunks and branches that have been interpreted by several photographer friends as different views of being humans or animals. Continue reading “anthropomorphic photography or pareidolia”
“Still Life”: fun silhouettes of human and animal figures
In my entire life, nature photography (animals, trees, leaves, flowers, landscapes, etc.) has always been present. But, today I want to show something more unusual about nature. Continue reading ““Still Life”: fun silhouettes of human and animal figures”
—- o Porto de Santos e a chuva—-
——- the Port of Santos and the rain——–
“Great point and counterpoint. Memory and predatory development. In cinematographicall terms there is an Italian neorealism touch given by the bike that appears to have been parked there for a character of one of Vittorio de Sica’s movies”. Photograph reading by Pedro S. Fadini-São Carlos-SP, Brazil. Send to the photographer via WhatsApp on October 14, 2016.
“The window of my studio” by Josef Sudek (1896-1976) (text written on July 24/2017) (texto em português ao final)
Maybe I shouldn’t start this post by inviting you to read it in full…..But, you will see that the subject treated in it is extremely topical given that it has everything to do with this condition of social distance (I would even dare to say, of social seclusion) that the world lives in these times of COVID-19. TEXTO EM PORTUGUÊS AO FINAL. Continue reading ““The window of my studio” by Josef Sudek (1896-1976) (text written on July 24/2017) (texto em português ao final)”
Imitating (and emulating) great masters of photography: another example
This example in the attempt to emulate great masters of photography comes from a great photograph of Walker Evans made in 1936 of a negro barber shop in the interior of Atlanta-USA. Continue reading “Imitating (and emulating) great masters of photography: another example”
Autumn.
What autumn looks like in a small urban forest near my home in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Continue reading “Autumn.”
