SCENES OF ETHIOPIAN FABREGAT CARLES

Capitalizing on recent peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea today it is appropriate to talk about the book written by our dear Carles Fabregat with photographs of Joaquim Seguí: “Ethiopians scenes” Altaïr published the editorial in the year 2015. Written in Castilian,Catalan and English. The volume includes photographs by Segui rhythmical texts and poems Fabregat, who traveled to the African country together with the idea of ​​making a book.

The advent of photography was one of the most democratizing and revolutionary technical advances of the nineteenth century. The picture, until that moment, restricted to elitist art of painting or engraving, He reached more layers of society with the advent of this new invention, that changed the way of looking at the world. So we got to know other realities hitherto unknown. It appeared photojournalism and art photography, image as a work of art. Reality and could be told otherwise.

Ethiopians scenes It is a book author, but it is also a document. Personal memory of three trips JOAQUIM SEGUÍ and one of Carlos to Ethiopia. It is the portrait of another culture, commitment to a country and a continent. It is also a visual text that is enriched by the words of Carlos Fabregat:

“Shadows fall on the Danakil. will, heat and desert.
The horizon is a whole string of camels.
Children smile and show their teeth, as white,
and expect the future…”

Containing images are pure reality, They have not undergone manipulation techniques. They are realistic and at the same time are art. Carlos points out that photography is: “All the secrets of humanity in a time capsule, guarded by the enigma of a look”.

The photographs are in black and white but it is not prejudice that can sense colors, Textures, the hardness of the rock, water transparency, the air, the light, the shadows, the silence. Joaquim Seguí has ​​managed to find beauty in such harsh realities as Ethiopia. Carles Fabregat's words have poetry scars.

Photography makes more united world to plant us in the eyes realities that otherwise would ignore. Thus, stir consciences and make opinions. There are many examples throughout history, wars, genocides, are realities that have been told and shown by image.

Synopsis Scene Ethiopians

Selection of images of people and landscapes of Ethiopia are revealing stories whose desire is to approach the great diversity of this vast territory, in which the essence of Africa live. Some scenes reflect the extreme hardness of the African continent, which contrasts with the hospitality, generosity and joy of its people. In this book, written by CARLES FABREGAT, You find close-ups of men, Women and children, with bare eyes cándidas.

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