Sometimes –oftentimes, when you grow older– memories gain a new meaning. Recalled with a changed mind, they are deeply touching and revealing. Pictures help a lot with… Read more “Looking back in Awe”
Tag: Portraits
My personal graphic work (2) – Whole portraits, with and without red decoys
This is how I secretly thought I would become after a few years with oestrogen and progesterone… Obviously I never did (at least not between the hips… Read more “My personal graphic work (2) – Whole portraits, with and without red decoys”
My personal graphic work – An introduction and an old sample
I have been telling, several times, I would post a few of my own drawings some day. Friends of mine have encouraged me to do it, and… Read more “My personal graphic work – An introduction and an old sample”
Loveliest? – Rita Hayworth (II)
These last years, several persons have asked me why am I always blogging about my sister’s affections and the things she most liked (which is not strictly… Read more “Loveliest? – Rita Hayworth (II)”
Was She Ever Lovelier? – Rita Hayworth (I)
As a sample of the large collection of images of Rita Hayworth that Ari Fontrodona collected during years, here are some of her favourites. All show dancing… Read more “Was She Ever Lovelier? – Rita Hayworth (I)”
Portrait from Beyond
Some portraits remain in the memory no matter how long ago they were taken. To me, this is one of them. It tells me, and reminds me,… Read more “Portrait from Beyond”
Protected: The Right of Being Special and Feeling Well for it – TransGirls & FemBoys’ Affair
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Protected: (Not so) Shy homely eroticism as reassurance and, somehow, defiance
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Never cry wolf if you called it. Let it seize you. (Joyfully contributing to portrait the future)
This pic below is not a selfie, and it is not blurred –or not much–; it is not made in my home, either. It is part of… Read more “Never cry wolf if you called it. Let it seize you. (Joyfully contributing to portrait the future)”
Protected: Blurred selfies in a dusty home, exposed with some pessimism – or is it pragmatism?
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Someone with a nice bow in the hair – Not yet crying
… Calling out, yet fearing Someone might hear the cry, Destined to disappearing Within another I [Rainer Maria Rilke –stanza from “Girl in Love” (Mädchen in der… Read more “Someone with a nice bow in the hair – Not yet crying”
Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010
Holding the camera below the hip, shooting without looking through the visor, Joan Colom i Altemir (Barcelona, 1921-2017) photographed the people and their everyday life on the… Read more “Portraits around the neighbourhood (the part you throw away…), by Joan Colom i Altemir – 1960s & 2010”
