The son music in two-tone/ El son en dos tonos-#Monomad Challenge [ENG-ESP]

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The richness of music is one of the most motivating ideas I find when creating. Associating my processes with rhythms is part of my daily life as an artist. Trying to find a way to portray the pure forms of Cuban music (and by pure I mean autochthonous) it has occurred to me to take photographs of some instruments. How else would I be able to portray the sound if not by taking the subject that provokes it as the protagonist?

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The very concept of music in essence leads me to black and white photography, because of the exposure of contrasts that propitiates the direct dialogue with the code.
On this occasion I took the son, as a purely Cuban genre, and the bongo as part of the percussion instruments themselves.

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I have tried to contextualize it according to the percussion set and that the captures provide a simplified reading of its form, of the relationship between parts of its structure. The black and white proposes this path and enhances it.

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But as I can't separate the modes of poetry from what I do, I wanted to approach my poetics not only from the lens but also from the word. With these images as a starting point, I have written this romance accordingly:

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Two voices, between hands the sound
returns in the wood its secret,
by rhythmic sentences possessed
nostalgia resounds with echoes.
The right hand in the box puts matter
while its left burns on the leather,
it chimes its reasons in cadence
to the sublime contact of the fingers.
With the base of the palm, it treads on the beat,it is rhythmic, it tastes all fire.
It is of son the call that, in the key of metal
of metal, summons him to foundation.
It boasts of other timbres, with vehemence
describes his passion from the cowbell.
The angel of the bongo dictates the coda,
it coins a flag on his body.

So, my friends of #blackawhite, this is my entry for the #monomad challenge.

I hope you like both the photograph and the text and that you will share your thoughts with me.

I bid you farewell until another monochrome series.

I leave you hugs of light

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Photography	The son music in two-tone
Camera Used	Smartphone
Model	Techno Sparks K16k
Editing program	Techno Sparks Photo Editor
Photographer	@maiasun84
Location	Mayabeque, Cuba

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La riqueza de la música es una de las ideas más motivadoras que encuentro a la hora de crear. Asociar mis procesos con los ritmos es parte de mi día a día como artista. Tratando de hallar un camino para retratar las formas puras de la música cubana ( y por puras me refiero a autóctonas) se me ha ocurrido tomar fotografías de algunos instrumentos. ¿De qué otra manera sería capaz de retratar el sonido sino tomando al sujeto que lo provoca como protagonista?

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El propio concepto de la música en esencia me lleva a la fotografía en blanco y negro, por la exposición de contrastes que propicia el diálogo directo con el código.
En esta ocasión tomé al son, como género netamente cubano, y al bongó como parte de los instrumentos de percusión propios.

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He tratado de contextualizarlo según el set de percusión y que las capturas provean una lectura simplificada de su forma, de la relación entre partes de su estructura. El blanco y negro propone este camino y lo potencia .

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Pero como no puedo apartar los modos de la poesía de lo que hago, he querido no solo abordar mi poética desde el lente sino también desde la palabra. Con punto de partida en estas imágenes he escrito este romance en consecuencia:

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Dos voces, entre manos el sonido
devuelve en la madera su secreto,
por rítmicas sentencias poseidas
resuenan las nostalgias con los ecos.
La derecha en la caja pone asunto
mientras arde su izquierda sobre el cuero,
repica cadenciosa sus razones
al contacto sublime de los dedos.
Con la base, su palma pisa el golpe,
se acompasa, saborea todo fuego.
Es de son el llamado que, en la clave
de metal, le convoca a fundamento.
Presume de otros timbres, con vehemencia
describe su pasión desde el cencerro.
El ángel del bongó dicta la coda,
le acuña una bandera sobre el cuerpo.

Asi que, amigos de #blackandwhite, esta es mi entrada para el #monomad challenge.

Espero que tanto fotografía como texto resulten de su agrado y que me compartan sus ideas al respecto.

Me despido hasta otra serie en monocroma.

Les dejo abrazos de luz

Photography	El son en dos tonos
Camera Used	Smartphone
Model	Techno Sparks K16k
Editing program	Techno Sparks Photo Editor
Photographer	@maiasun84
Location	Mayabeque, Cuba

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