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“Our ruins will never be so beautiful as the ruins left by our ancestors”. I don’t know the author of this statement but there is some truth in it. But we won’t be here long enough to confirm it.
Ruins are fascinating – they open a vast field for the imagination and they show that some things take longer to be destroyed than they took to be built. Below are the ruins of a sanatorium, from a century ago. It was never completed, and now those stones remain in a field of wild weeds.
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
Study (oil pastel and graphite on paper) for an oil painting featuring African migrants – a subject that concerns us all
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.
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.
Just a table and chairs
…but the complex structure of the chairs, table and their shadows looks amazing. Photo made at the Town Hall square, Lisbon.
Kayaks
Nice to see some young people interested in water sports on the Tagus river.
Photo made in Arrrentela, Seixal.
Happy New Year
Merry Christmas
The stars in our skies are not the same anymore.
Glass
A glass of wine by the river
Conchology
Conchology, or shell collecting, is the practice of finding and usually identifying the shells of mollusks, a popular avocation, or hobby, in many parts of the world. https://www.britannica.com/topic/shell-collecting
I am not a collector of shells, but I admire their colours, shapes, textures and glaze. They are perfect subjects for still life images. Here are some photos of shells – far from being as beautiful as the originals.
João Avelar images 