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Arrifana (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

FOCUS: “Altas Luzes” by Rita Carmo

Rita Carmo, photographer for Blitz magazine, showed her perspective of music and musicians  by her photographs taken over the years. Now, some of that work (about 200 pictures) can be found in the book entitled “Altas-Luzes” (Highlights).

Publisher website.
Rita Carmo’s blog.

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Arrifana (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

‘SCAPE: Ansel Adams

Freeway Interchange, Los Angeles, Ansel Adams 1967

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Arrifana (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

EROS: Robert Mapplethorpe

Sonia and Tracy, Robert Mapplethorpe 1988

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Arrifana (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

FOCUS: “Father:Land” by Ara Oshagan

“My father died in June 2000.

A few years before that, he and I decided to embark on a project about Karabagh: a remote mountainous area next to Armenia. A region where the Armenians fought and won a fierce war of independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A region still with militarized borders and no political recognition. A place in transformation: the people, the land, the very way of life in political, social, existential upheaval. A place that is part of our distant homeland.

(…)

Father:Land is a project about origins and identity. A project about a place and a people emerging out of a dark history, transforming, forging a new identity, searching for themselves and a new way of life. And also about a very personal becoming, an emergence.”

in Burn Magazine
Ara Oshagan’s website

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Paris (France), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

FOCUS: “The Accidental Theorist” by Edgar Martins

“The imagery of The Accidental Theorist is less a set of pictures than a series of moments that have become independent of causation or function. It resembles a set of location shots for unmade films from lost scenarios. I am often drawn to spaces where I can prioritise poetic memory over concrete topographies.
(…)
Shooting largely on the same set of Portuguese beaches over a period of two years, I sought  to distance myself from conventional spatial representation. 
Shot with a an analogue 4x5 large format camera and making use of long exposures (but not long enough to register star trails) the images are surprisingly flat. “

Edgar Martins’ website

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Paris (France), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

‘SCAPE: Ed Ruscha

From the series “Twentysix Gasoline Stations” by Ed Ruscha, 1962

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Paris (France), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

FOCUS: “An American Nightmare” by Michael F Mcelroy

“Howard Mallinger and his family were hit by the unexpected. They had moved to Sunrise, Florida, 3 years ago from the Bronx to live their version of “the American Dream”: they put down most of their life savings on a condominium. Life was grand, when without any warning Sheryl was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. Howard was told by the doctors that his wife had only a few months to live, and they should prepare for her death. That’s when things started to spiral out of control. They got behind on their mortgage and utilities. Howard tried to negotiate with their lenders to no avail.  The bank foreclosed on their home and the power was turned off six months ago. With hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills piling up, Howard had to file for bankruptcy.  This is not the script an embattled Howard Mallinger, 65, planned for his twilight years. Though Mallinger is now broke and feels humiliated by his circumstances, his commitment to Sheryl and his kids is unwavering, despite battling his own ailments, including trouble walking.”

in Burn Magazine
Michael F Mcelroy’s website

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Paris (France), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

‘SCAPE: Guillaume Zuili

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Cordoba (Spain), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

‘SCAPE: Jan Adamski

Cerro Chusq´arbal, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Guatemala, Jan Adamski 2009

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Seville (Spain), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

Away

I will be away for two weeks starting tomorrow and I will not be updating the blog in that period. But I will return. Please return as well.

Road – Nevada Desert, Ansel Adams

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Cordoba (Spain), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

‘SCAPE: Evandro Teixeira

Ruins of Canudos Old Church, Evandro Teixeira

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Neves-Corvo Mines (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge

FOCUS: “Father:Land” by Ara Oshagan

“My father died in June 2000.
A few years before that, he and I decided to embark on a project about Karabagh: a remote mountainous area next to Armenia. A region where the Armenians fought and won a fierce war of independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A region still with militarized borders and no political recognition. A place in transformation: the people, the land, the very way of life in political, social, existential upheaval. A place that is part of
our distant homeland.
(…)
Father:Land is a project about origins and identity. A project about a place and a people emerging out of a dark history, transforming, forging a new identity, searching for themselves and a new way of life. And also about a very personal becoming, an emergence.”
in Ara Oshagan’s website

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Castro Verde (Portugal), Nuno Vieira Matos, 2006 (gelatine silver print) – click to enlarge