A variety of scenarios in the banks of the Tagus
River
Drawing & Drinking & Drawing
Some recent sessions at the Drink&Draw initiative and at the Lisbon Drawing Club. A mix of snapshots and sketches
Analog Photo Festival (an update)
The A.D.A.O. Analog Photo Festival last week-end had talks, photowalks, a market of film and analog gear and exhibitions from professional photographers. Some images from the A.D.A.O. facebook (if you have a FB account you can see the whole series). And three photos I made on May 11th
Analog Photo Festival
My submitted six photos were accepted for the exhibition currently taking place. The subject was “Freedom”. Here they are
Two groups of friends, with a peaceful river or a flying bicycle
A boy trying to run from his family – and to escape from the limits of the photo
An open space to breathe – or simply to contemplate
And the “Shtandart” a modern replica of an ancient Russian vessel. I was told that she is forbidden to return to St Petersburg, from where she left years ago. She is sailing around the world, teaching nautical and sailing crafts to young people. Forced freedom, to some extent, not being allowed to return home…
The ADAO (Associaton for the Development of Arts and Crafts) will organize another Analog Photography Festival next week-end. Some of my photos were accepted for the exhibition, I will post them next week
Medium Format photography – result of an incurable attraction for old books…
Study (oil pastel and graphite on paper) for an oil painting featuring African migrants – a subject that concerns us all
Ritual
An unknown ritual, from a religion not yet invented. Or just a studio work with Medium Format film…
Sacred art collectors
I was wandering about the concept of “sacred art”. As far as I know it concerns only christian inspired artworks. One can expand this concept to other cults and religions, as “The Sacred Art Collectors ” did. Oil on plywood, February 2024
Three shadows
On a sunny afternoon, first signs of the incoming Summer
This week-end , the Vinyl Market at Campo de Santa Clara, Lisbon. Good chance to find some good old 12’ LP records – and many memories. I found a few records I did not knew, and many others I had forgotten. Bad photo (made with a re-loaded disposable plastic camera).
A few findings. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Electric Ladyland” double LP (I had it forty years ago – someone stole it from me) and an album from Marianne Faithfull (I have a soft spot for her songs – she could have had a different life away from the shadow of Mick Jagger). Also a box with three LPs (Keith Jarret’s solo concerts in Bremen and in Lausanne). A fruitfull Saturday
A sketch from yesterday
From last night a sketch of a female model (mangaka thin marker and light grey brush pencil)
And two more old photos from Lisbon.
Two musicians at the Campo de Santa Clara
And the chessboard we walk on at the Town Hall Square
Three drawings and a photo
Three drawings (india ink and kuretake brush) of a live model
… and a photo taken from a rural roadside stand, selling ceramics and statues. I am still in doubt if the two statues were put side by side just by chance… I should have asked.
The beach in winter
Not a recent photo, but it shows the atmosphere and feeling of a beach during the winter season
Museum
While visiting a photo exhibition, in a dark area, there was this well lit long staircase with narrow but long steps. Some children seemed to be lurking at the top. A moment of mystery and surprise.
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