the perfect self-portrait

Ilse Bing

Self-portrait, 1931

presente inesperado

On the Road Home

It was when I said,
"There is no such thing as the truth,"
That the grapes seemed fatter.
The fox ran out of his hole.

You... You said,
"There are many truths,
But they are not parts of the truth."
Then the tree, at night, began to change,

Smoking through green and smoking blue.
We were two figures in a wood.
We said we stood alone.

It was when I said,
"Words are not forms of a single word.
In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts.
The world must be measured by eye";

It was when you said,
"The idols have seen lots of poverty,
Snakes and gold and lice,
But not the truth";

It was at that time, that the silence was largest
And longest, the night was roundest,
The fragrance of autumn warmest,
Closest and strongest.

Wallace Stevens

An Angel at My Table

Volta e meia sonho com passagens deste filme.

Nina Nastasia - How will you love me

ouvido na Radar... com vontade de a ver num concerto.

gosto de ruas vazias.

B&W

Holga, Veneza, Novembro 2008

sonho a preto e branco com os lugares que me mostraste. deixo para amanhã a cor dos dias.

Analog is magic, isn't it? III

Holga, Florença e Veneza

* se não estiverem fartos podem ver o resto no sítio do costume.

Analog is magic, isn't it?! II

Canon FTb, Veneza

Analog is magic, isn't it?! I

Canon FTb, Florença e San Gimignano

Subway station

Canon FTb, Estação Baixa - Chiado

...perfect stage for a perfect fight.

Parabéns!

Quatro noites com Anna

Qual é a forma do amor?

no fim é um muro intransponível.

taschen again :)

The Ingmar Bergman Archives

Before his death in 2007, Bergman gave TASCHEN and the Swedish publishing house Max Ström complete access to his archives at The Bergman Foundation, and permission to reprint his writings and interviews, many of which have never been seen outside of Sweden. Picture researcher Bengt Wanselius, who was Bergman’s photographer for 20 years, scoured photo archives all over Sweden, discovered previously unseen images from Bergman’s films, and selected unpublished images from the personal archives of many photographers. Text editor Paul Duncan gathered a team of Bergman experts as contributing editors—Peter Cowie and Bengt Forslund (for film/TV), and Ulla Åberg & Birgitta Steene (for theater)—who have researched and written a narrative that, for the first time, will combine all of Bergman’s working life in film and theater. Such is the depth of Bergman’s writings that most of the story is told in his own words. This book also features a new introduction by Bergman’s close friend, actor and collaborator Erland Josephson, as well as a DVD full of rare and previously unseen material, and an original film strip from Fanny and Alexander. (from the Taschen webpage)

pura magia

Jazz LP covers from the 1940s to 1990s

author: Joaquim Paulo

This volume features a broad selection of jazz record covers, from the 1940s through the decline of LP production in the early 1990s. Each cover is accompanied by with a fact sheet listing performer and album name, art director, photographer, illustrator, year, label, and more. Special features for jazz lovers include a top-10 favorite records list by leading jazz DJs King Britt, Michael McFadden, Gilles Peterson, Andre Torres, and Rainer Trüby, as well as interviews with legendary jazz personalities Rudy Van Gelder (sound engineer that recorded for many labels such as Blue Note, Impulse!, and Prestige), Creed Taylor (founder of many labels and one of the best jazz producers ever, credited also for bringing bossa nova to the US and fusing it with jazz), Michael Cuscuna (Blue Note jazz producer and catalogue researcher, responsible for its most successful re-editions), Bob Ciano (designer at the CTI Label, founded in the ’70s by Creed Taylor, and one of the greatest cover designers ever), and Ashley Kahn (writer, critic, and journalist for jazz whose books include A Love Supreme, Kind of Blue, and The House That Trane Built). (from the Taschen webpage)

as bandas sonoras repetem-se

The Killers, Mr. Brightside

e às vezes nada muda para melhor. as bandas sonoras repetem-se. mordisco os lábios. finjo que leio. tricoto como no desenho da ana oliveira. esta é a música que não sai de cá de dentro...

Absence

of words or something similar.

Nippon Koma

Esta semana, ao fim da tarde, não me importava de me esconder no pequeno auditório da culturgest... para ver a programação carregar aqui.

Viciante: LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

Migrant mother Florence Thompson & children photographed by Dorothea Lange.
Location: Nipomo, CA, US
Date taken: 1936
Photographer: Dorothea Lange

Ver mais em http://images.google.com/hosted/life

piggy points = lomographic goodies

hoje não fiz absolutamente nada de jeito... mas recebi uma encomenda de Viena cheia de coisas bonitas encomendadas no site da Lomo...eheheh

Esta noite é ter o céu debaixo de olho

Foto: Fernando Correia de Oliveira

A Lua acompanhada por Vénus e Júpiter.

Sobre este e outros fenómenos astronómicos ver a página do Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa.

uma ideia