I got a surge of emotion this morning when I opened my inbox and saw a message from Nuria, the friend who photographed the opening of the 'paper homes' exhibition.
'hogares de papel' is paper homes in Spanish and below is the name of the Greek-Spanish association that promoted the exhibition. This vinyl sign is the first thing visitors see when they come out of the elevator (the Hall is on the third floor of the building).
And this is me talking about my work and thanking the organization. It was about a quarter past seven in the evening, still lots of light outside, as you can see.
And? Where are the other photographs? What happened to them? Nuria doesn't know what went wrong but they just weren't there. There must be an evil genie involved in this, because it's not the first time it happens. Serves me right for spending the evening talking to people and enjoying the event instead of taking the darn photos myself!
I promise there is in fact an exhibition and I promise next time I'll take the pictures myself. (An emoticon for frustration would be nice here.)
To spice things up a bit, I am posting some photographs from the area where I live. Some of them were meant for the Roy G Biv - Green contest and I had them ready for last Saturday but my Internet connection refused to work all day long, so more frustration here. I must definitely locate that obnoxious evil genie and shut him in a lamp!
We had a rather mild winter this year, with the exception of some harsh winds and heavy rain. We never got to -16ºC as in previous years and didn't get much frost either. And then, just as we thought spring was coming, we got our first snow on 1 March. It was thick and heavy, it broke branches almost off all trees in the area and it lasted for about 5 days. But that was not so surprising as the snow we got on 28 April! The fields were covered with poppies and wildflowers, and tender almonds were growning on the almond trees. Poor flowers. A great occasion for unusual photographs though.
Aren't they beautiful? When the snow melted they stood tall and bright again, resilient little things.
And a lovely branch of lilacs leaning to the ground under the weight of the snow. They didn't die either, as delicate as they are, they survived the cold.
The snow was followed by rain... and more rain... and more rain. It has been raining practically every day since the beginning of May and the temperatures are really low for this time of the year. At night they go down to 6 or 7 ºC and I still need to use the central heating. I was able to capture the rain falling down on the leaves here, you'll see it better if you click on the image.
Some days are sunny though and I grab the occasion whenever I can. This is just an oak tree in the middle of nowhere but I loved the composition, it reminds me of a classical painting.
I fell in love with this cypress, it looked like something out of a fairy tale. I wouldn't be surprised if tiny elves peeked at me through the exuberant branches.
I'm in an introspective mood lately, haven't made much sense out of it yet. Could it lead to a new creative period? I hope so. I'm toying with the idea of a fun artist's book/journal, I only need to figure out the binding.
To spice things up a bit, I am posting some photographs from the area where I live. Some of them were meant for the Roy G Biv - Green contest and I had them ready for last Saturday but my Internet connection refused to work all day long, so more frustration here. I must definitely locate that obnoxious evil genie and shut him in a lamp!
poppies under the snow - 28 April 2013
We had a rather mild winter this year, with the exception of some harsh winds and heavy rain. We never got to -16ºC as in previous years and didn't get much frost either. And then, just as we thought spring was coming, we got our first snow on 1 March. It was thick and heavy, it broke branches almost off all trees in the area and it lasted for about 5 days. But that was not so surprising as the snow we got on 28 April! The fields were covered with poppies and wildflowers, and tender almonds were growning on the almond trees. Poor flowers. A great occasion for unusual photographs though.
poppies under the snow - 28 April 2013
Aren't they beautiful? When the snow melted they stood tall and bright again, resilient little things.
lilacs under the snow - 28 April 2013
And a lovely branch of lilacs leaning to the ground under the weight of the snow. They didn't die either, as delicate as they are, they survived the cold.
a rainy day - May 2013
The snow was followed by rain... and more rain... and more rain. It has been raining practically every day since the beginning of May and the temperatures are really low for this time of the year. At night they go down to 6 or 7 ºC and I still need to use the central heating. I was able to capture the rain falling down on the leaves here, you'll see it better if you click on the image.
a rare sunny day - May 2013
Some days are sunny though and I grab the occasion whenever I can. This is just an oak tree in the middle of nowhere but I loved the composition, it reminds me of a classical painting.
a rare sunny day - May 2013
I fell in love with this cypress, it looked like something out of a fairy tale. I wouldn't be surprised if tiny elves peeked at me through the exuberant branches.
I'm in an introspective mood lately, haven't made much sense out of it yet. Could it lead to a new creative period? I hope so. I'm toying with the idea of a fun artist's book/journal, I only need to figure out the binding.
