Early Morning Dialogues

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South Beach, Port Washington WI, 2012

© Flavio Martín Morante_2012

Today morning I went for a nice early walk before it got too hot. After getting to the point visible on the picture, before turning back I made there a few takes with my "box". The sun started to get really hot, even when it was only 8 in the morning. That's why I like to go at 6 :). Anyway, as I did set the tripod after walking around the rock formation for like 20 minutes trying to get the "rock to speak to me telling me how she wanted me to photograph her" I thought of Uruguay writer Eduardo Galeano and the short tale I read once which I share here_

"The Art" by Eduardo Galeano (translated from the spanish)

An sculptor works in his studio surrounded by children.

All the children from the neighborhood are friends.

One day, the neighborhood commission him a big horse for the town's square.

A big truck delivers a big granite block to his house.

The sculptor started to work on it, climbing a ladder hitting it with a hammer and a chisel.

The kids watching him.

Then the kids went on vacation to the mountain and the sea.

Upon their return the sculptor showed them the finished horse piece.

Then, one of the kids with eyes wide open asked him:

... but, how did you know that inside that big piece of rock there was a horse?

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguay.

From "Days of Love and War", 1978

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"Untitled" (South Beach, Port Washington, Wisconsin)

4in x 5in Ilford Delta 100 ISO (film negative). Pinhole camera f231.

Scanned Negative. © Flavio Martín Morante_2012