03 March 2009
In search of 'The Self Portrait'
)Published on March 3rd, 2009 @ 07:40:08 pm, using 218 words, 273 views
No retrato que me faço
- traço a traço -
às vezes me pinto nuvem,
às vezes me pinto árvore…
às vezes me pinto coisas
de que nem há mais lembrança…
ou coisas que não existem
mas que um dia existirão…
e, desta lida, em que busco
- pouco a pouco -
minha eterna semelhança,
no final, que restará?
Um desenho de criança…
Corrigido por um louco!
(O Auto-Retrato - Mario Quintana)
I’ve been struggling for the last week or so with a homework assignment for my photography class: coming up with either a photographic interpretation of the poem above or a self portrait of my own. Yesterday after work I got on a bus and headed to Parque Lage with the sole purpose of trying to force an encounter with some much needed inspiration.
I crossed paths with a number of cats, perhaps a fox (photos #27 and #28 - if you can confirm that it is in fact a fox, by all means let me know) and some great light.
You’ll find the result of my search in photograph #8.
For more Christ shots click here, here, here and here.
This post is the creative work of Iris Watts Hirideyo and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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