41

01 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by marcelo leonard in Photographers

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conceptual, fotografía, photography, self-portrait

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Ashley Lily Scarlett said:

28 February, 2014 at 00:13

Marcelo, I have started a new collaborative blog on self portraits:

http://strataoftheself.wordpress.com

I wonder if you would agree to my sharing of this image there?

My email: ashleylilyscarlett@gmail.com

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  28 February, 2014 at 17:38
  
  Ashley: I naturally agree.
  I shall be honoured to take part in your project. Thank you for selecting one of my pictures to be shown at this site.
  
  All the best
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  - Ashley Lily Scarlett said:
    
    1 March, 2014 at 03:01
    
    Thank you so much, Marcelo. I will let you know when it is posted. 🙂
    
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    - marcelo leonard said:
      
      3 March, 2014 at 19:49
      
      Thank you Ashley.
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westseventhfreelance said:

10 September, 2013 at 18:39

I can see great humanity. I must look up Robert Doisneau – Three Seconds of Eternity…

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Theresa said:

18 August, 2013 at 18:37

Layers of reaction – a fossilized life, the shadowed self, a presence from the ages…

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  19 August, 2013 at 19:54
  
  Thanks Theresa.
  Sometimes we are assailed by doubt and unbelief that deviate us from our path.
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Amaya said:

17 August, 2013 at 07:50

Se huele la lucha a través de la imagen fuerte, con carácter, imprime potencia, también cierto cansancio, en definitiva, lo que produce una gran lucha dentro de una gran personalidad. Desde luego no deja indiferente …
… tal como Edith Piaf, qué grande !

El hombre nace blando y flexible.
A su muerte está endurecido y rígido.
Las plantas verdes son tiernas y llenas de savia.
A su muerte están marchitas y secas.

Por eso, lo rígido y no flexible es la disciplina de la muerte.
Ser dócil y ceder es la disciplina de la vida.
Por eso, un ejercito sin flexibilidad nunca gana la batalla.
Un árbol que no se inclina se quiebra fácilmente.

Lo rígido y endurecido se caerá.
Lo blando y flexible sobrevivirá.”
– El ser y el tao.
Espero que te guste, y palante !

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  17 August, 2013 at 20:01
  
  Gracias Amaya.
  Una forma de luchar es no presentar batalla, intentar calmar nuetra ira y dejar que el viento de la adversidad vaya amainando.
  Gracias poe le poema y los ánimos.
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  Los tres gatos
  
  Un samurai tenía problemas a causa de un ratón que merodeaba por su casa.
  
  Alguien le dijo: “Necesitas un gato”. Entonces, buscó uno en el vecindario y lo llevó a su vivienda.
  
  Era un felino impresionante, hermoso y fuerte. Pero el ratón era más astuto que el gato y se burlaba de su fuerza.
  
  Por lo tanto, el samurai adoptó un segundo gato, mucho más listo que el primero. Desconfiado, el ratón sólo aparecía cuando aquél se dormía.
  
  Entonces, le trajeron al samurai el gato de un templo zen. Tenía aspecto distraído, era torpe y parecía siempre soñoliento.
  
  El samurai pensó: “No será éste el que me librará del ratón”.
  
  Sin embargo, el gato, siempre soñoliento e indiferente, pronto dejó de inspirar precauciones al ratón, que pasaba junto a él sin hacerle caso.
  
  Un día, súbitamente, lo atrapó de un zarpazo
  
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Dilip said:

7 August, 2013 at 17:15

That’s really brilliant!
Thanks.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  8 August, 2013 at 11:28
  
  Thanks Dilip.
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Conchi Deza said:

7 August, 2013 at 12:19

I can see you master!
Inconfundible!!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  8 August, 2013 at 11:27
  
  Gracias Conchi.
  Sólo trato de no perderme.
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Carlos GF - fotografía said:

6 August, 2013 at 16:00

Con mano maestra. El grano es magnífico y genera una textura dramática y que nos traslada a otros tiempos – lugares, y la inclinación de la cabeza con el pelo que cae transmite dinamismo. Otra gran imagen, Marcelo !!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  8 August, 2013 at 11:24
  
  Muchas gracias Carlos.
  Aún estoy tratando de orientarme en esta “nueva” vida.
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Frau Blau said:

6 August, 2013 at 11:55

this pic seems to me like coming out of the space, where no words are living, but a lot of touching …

all the best to you
heartily Ulli

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  6 August, 2013 at 22:50
  
  Nor are there any words in my inner world, just thoughts and feelings that I try to express through my pictures.
  heartily
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  - Frau Blau said:
    
    7 August, 2013 at 09:25
    
    dear Marcelo,
    this is the way I´m looking to your pics and my are not different from this motivation, only in its shape …
    
    on the higher level is all in one …
    
    be carefull with yourself und your health
    all the best to you
    Ulli
    
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judyrobbinsart said:

5 August, 2013 at 14:03

Hi Marcelo. When I first looked at this picture, I found it very disturbing, frightening a bit. I realize that is my own psychology reacting. And isn’t that the intent of art – to draw out a response? I understand where you are coming from in portraying your struggle with illness but if I did not know that I would interpret this as a very frightening photo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  6 August, 2013 at 12:09
  
  Thanks Judy.
  
  You interpretation has a lot to do with my current frame of mind. This picture is a reflection of the fear and dread that besiege me about my recovery. I do try to stay positive and optimistic, but sometimes I feel a bit depressed due the frightening thoughts that appear in my mind.
  
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  - judyrobbinsart said:
    
    6 August, 2013 at 16:55
    
    Understood. My thoughts are with you.
    
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    - marcelo leonard said:
      
      6 August, 2013 at 22:54
      
      Thank you very much for all your support.
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elenacaravela said:

3 August, 2013 at 01:43

Marcello, marvelous! The contrast between the gritty texture and the flower pattern, the face and the tendrils of hair. A story waiting impatiently, to be told.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  4 August, 2013 at 19:17
  
  Thanks Elena.
  It is the history of a struggle to overcome this illness.
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MrsDalloway said:

3 August, 2013 at 01:32

Others wrote many compliments. I must subscribe under them:)

I think, you have a large impact on my way of thinking about reality and photography.
forgive me for my poor English

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  4 August, 2013 at 19:13
  
  Thanks Mrs Dalloway.
  I feel highly honored for your comment.
  Don’t worry about your English, it is better than mine 🙂
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thephotoseye said:

2 August, 2013 at 16:58

Wonderful! Dark and mysterious….mischievous….intense….lots of emotions.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 20:05
  
  Thanks Debby for your beautiful reading.
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Luis Tojal said:

2 August, 2013 at 14:44

Extraordinaria imagen del artista rebelde, inconformista, creativo y terriblemente vivo que eres.
Un saludo

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 20:02
  
  Gracias Luis por lo elogios.
  Es un placer poder compartir el regalo de esta nueva vida con personas como tú.
  
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janina said:

2 August, 2013 at 09:44

Oh, Marcelo, this is scary…but, so, Leonardo da Vinci. I like it!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 20:00
  
  Thanks Janina.
  I’m glad you like it.
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Resa said:

2 August, 2013 at 04:44

♥_Resa

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 19:58
  
  Thanks Resa.
  
  Step by step
  up summer mountain
  suddenly the sea.
  
  Issa
  
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Syncopated Eyeball said:

2 August, 2013 at 03:36

More great work from you, Marcelo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 19:52
  
  Thanks Ashley.
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TK.Kim said:

1 August, 2013 at 22:34

a true dancer trought the life…

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 19:50
  
  Thanks TK.Kim
  
  Alors pour oublier
  Elle s’est mise à danser
  À tourner au son de la musique
  
  Arrêtez!
  Arrêtez la musique!
  
  Edith Piaf – L’accordenoiste
  
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Lisa Gordon said:

1 August, 2013 at 22:01

Very beautiful, Marcelo.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 18:16
  
  Thanks LIsa.
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Malin H said:

1 August, 2013 at 21:52

A firm and determined glance that says “I will win”.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 18:16
  
  Thanks Malin for being there.
  
  Although sometimes my patience is wearing thin, I’m sure I’ll overcome this tough trance.
  
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  - Malin H said:
    
    2 August, 2013 at 22:02
    
    I’m sure that you will. Very sure. I do understand that your patience is wearing thing, but I know for some how that you will win.
    
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brenda said:

1 August, 2013 at 21:49

There is that moment when we are truly visionary… But all this is only a part of that great game that puts us into a trace, into a state of receptivity. This trance doesn’t last long, however, because life always calls you back to its commands… But somehow, despite it all, the effect does last. I think that it could be classed a feeling. For me it is a kind of ‘religion of looking.’ ~Robert Doisneau

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 16:06
  
  Thanks Brenda for this interesting text.
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  I’m not a collector at heart. I’m never tormented by the longing to possess things. I’m quite happy with my pictures. I’ve been cohabiting with them for years now and we know each other inside out, so I feel I’m entitled to say that pictures have a life and a character of their own. Maybe they’re like plants they won’t really flourish unless you talk to them. I haven’t gone that far – not yet anyway. Lots of them behave like good little girls and give me a nice smile whenever I walk past, but others are real bitches and never miss any opportunity to ruin my life. I handle them with kid gloves.
  Robert Doisneau – Three Seconds of Eternity
  
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vastlycurious.com said:

1 August, 2013 at 21:21

Love this mood!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 14:29
  
  Thanks vastlycurious.com
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  - vastlycurious.com said:
    
    2 August, 2013 at 15:39
    
    You are welcome!
    Kathryn
    
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atrandom37 said:

1 August, 2013 at 20:52

Self-portrait?

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 14:27
  
  Thanks Andrea.
  Yes, it is a sel-portrait, but lately the mirror gives me back a hardy unrecognisable image of myself.
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  - atrandom37 said:
    
    2 August, 2013 at 20:39
    
    Hmmm…time for a new mirror 🙂
    
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marieancolie said:

1 August, 2013 at 20:29

expectation ?
very clever. At first sight I did not see the face… just the “hair” and it made
me think of some “beast” hidden

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 14:25
  
  Thanks Marie.
  
  Just a patient waiting.
  Perhaps waht you saw is the monster that I conceal within.
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karijeppesen said:

1 August, 2013 at 20:28

It looks like you are printed in a very ancient stone…and the wind is blowing… beautiful!! Thank you, again, Marcelo!!

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 14:20
  
  Thanks Karina.
  Even the hardest rock will be turned into sand by wind and water. The soft always overcomes the hard.
  Keep being gentle.
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  - karijeppesen said:
    
    2 August, 2013 at 16:35
    
    Thank you…(..smiling a lot…)
    
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rabirius said:

1 August, 2013 at 20:25

Wonderful.

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 13:44
  
  Thanks Rabirius.
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drawandshoot said:

1 August, 2013 at 20:17

Oh, this is beautiful. The shadow reads to me as a delicate figurative dancer.
A flower dancer perhaps?

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- marcelo leonard said:
  
  2 August, 2013 at 13:42
  
  Thanks Karen, I like very much your reading.
  Not a flower, but the gardener. 🙂
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