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Photo © Sophie Launey



OUTRA BELEZA


Uns exibem insólitos perfis
de outra beleza
maquilhada
no mato.

ou
do viés
ou de frente
perfeitos modelos de caveira
desfilam sem nariz.


JOSÉ CRAVEIRINHA
(Babalaze das Hienas, 1997)

Comentários

Para além da perspectiva, da cor da terra e da postura descansada da menina ... a meia branca do gajo, mata-me! LOL

Karla,
e depois eu é que tenho olho de lince, não é? ;-)

E não comento mais nada, para não parecer demasiado crítica.

(Mas já reparaste nos sapatinhos dele? Ideais para aquelas paragens!) LOL

"In the 90's I made several trip to Burkina Faso, with a non-profit organisation aiming at building schools in various towns (it's a long story...).

We would travel by bus, or, if lucky, in a car found by our local partner (an association for local development). As everywhere in West Africa, cars had seen better days and would often breakdown. This scene was thus a part of the (almost) daily routine.

This picture is for your enjoyment (I hope) but also I actually need some advice. I'd like to enter it in a (very amateur) challenge on another forum, for a theme "Breakdown" (in French: "en panne", so it's breakdown for a car or a machine, not a nervous breakdown). Do you think it's efficient, do you have any suggestion for possible cropping, B&W conversion, I'm open to anything.

I'll tell more about these trips someday (I have many many pictures)!"


Sophie Launey


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