Update
Any random update, like a rant or some kind of news.
Mientras tanto, en Cuba…
This week the instagram page Everyday Portugal is being featured on Everyday Everywhere (the umbrella for all Everyday [put-your-place-name-here] projects around the world, and today there’s a gallery featuring the masked traditions of Podence, through the eyes of some talented photographers, myself included. www.instagram.com/p/CPSuJkF…
So… I’m on this Clubhouse thing. Feel free to follow me there, and shoot me some cool stuff for me to follow along the way! www.joinclubhouse.com/@t3mujin
The fact that Iceland is again in the news because of another volcano makes me realize that one of the last photos taken abroad posted in my timeline was taken there……Almost a year and a half ago!!!!! In this snapshot Sumarliði was taking me with his cool black dog in his big red truck to Þingvellir (not the one you might be thinking…), I posted it right after arriving from Iceland and US in 2019. Since then a lot has happened, immediately after returning I dived into the winter solstice traditions, in the past years that has been my main focus in the winter months.…and just when that was over, early last year, that crazy 2020-thing really kicked off… Between a project to document the pandemic (https://www.everydaycovid.pt/) and a genuine lack of interest in browsing the archives, there was no room for photos further away from home…Maybe now it’s time to go back to that archive.
Today is Carnival Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, and in a normal year I’d be getting ready for this… But because it’s not I just dug into my archive to get something ready for later today. Stay tuned
Time Out Portugal #47
darktable 3.4.1 released
I’m not going to use the current situation to promote my portfolio, but I’ve been thinking a lot about Myanmar lately, wondering what its near future holds, and honestly worrying about it… Because I was there before the democratic reforms, by the end of the military rule (has it ever ended?), my memories from there are a country that was closed and being held back by its ruling class. I remember clearly being surveilled, I remember people talking about the “Lady” quietly to me (who turned out to a disappointment). I have so many fond memories from there, and I think on returning there so often, but I’m not looking forward seeing Myanmar going back to what it was back then, even if it means an “unspoiled” and “authentic” country…
2020 num diário fotográfico
Not my top nine most liked photos, not even my personal picks for 2020… Just nine photos from my instagram timeline that try to get the mood of what my 2020 was.Everyone is sharing their “top nine” collage, a ranking of their most liked photos on Instagram. I did generate mine but wasn’t planning on sharing it, it’s highly unbalanced and a bit monotonous, as 2/3 of it come from the first two months of 2020.Instead I went for doing my own pick, not what I think was my best work throughout the year, but a snapshot of what the year felt (without any given order): the cold first days of the year at Trás-Os-Montes, the few domestic trips, the only masked tradition I was able to capture, the confinement and it’s impact, the significant amount of time spent this year spent at Beira Baixa…
