SOMETIMES THE TOWN - PHOTOGRAPHY STORIES || ENG-ESP || (12 pics)
Sometimes this town is like that: Without filters, without attenuations, simply being transparent, perceptible, eloquent, and without fuss or unnecessary precautions that disguise its good and bad aspects. And one feels a little isolated walking the streets. Not because there aren't others, not because others don't look at you and say simple things like "hello and goodbye"... No, one feels a little isolated because one is the only one who sees the town being "sometimes the town"... And one walks around imagining strange lines, as if whispered by the sounds of the town... Then one is a summary, a synopsis on two legs fabricated by a town sometimes broken, or at other times trying to feign sanity... It's a short tunnel with thoughts hanging on its walls. And one comes then, like an addict, to steal a few things with a camera in hand...
Algunas veces este pueblo está así: Sin filtros, sin atenuaciones, simplemente siendo diáfano, perceptible, elocuente y sin remilgos ni cauciones innecesarias que maquillen sus buenas y malas cosas. Y uno se siente un poco aislado yendo por las calles. No porque no hayan otros, no porque otros no te miren y digan cosas simples como "hola y adiós"... No, uno se siente un poco aislado porque es el único que mira al pueblo siendo "algunas veces el pueblo"... Y anda uno entones imaginando líneas raras, como susurradas por los ruidos del pueblo... Entonces uno es un resumen, una sinopsis con dos piernas fabricada por un pueblo roto a veces, o queriendo fingir cordura otras... Es un túnel breve con pensamientos colgando en sus paredes. Y uno viene entonces, como un adicto, a robarse algunas cosas con una cámara en la mano...
📷 01 - Epiphanies at the entrance to the town... / Epifanías en la entrada del pueblo...
📷 02 - Tirso while he explains to me how to fix the town... / Tirso mientras me explica como arreglar el pueblo... 🤷♂
📷 03 - Sad man with child in his arms... / Hombre triste con niño en brazos...
📷 04 - Entry and exit to the same misery... / Entrada y salida a una misma miseria...
📷 05 - Lot for sale, no one buys... / Lote en venta, que nadie compra...
And well, I'm still there. Here and there, immersed and absent at the same time, as if trying to affect myself, so no one can say I don't have at least some anguish. But the truth... The truth is, I'm just taking photos while greeting whoever greets me and smiling at whoever smiles. Of course, I'm also careful to try to cry, or at least let out some discontent, with whoever comes near and speaks to me of simple sadness and mysterious, trivial shortcomings. Those tiny shortcomings that range from the single woman next door who stole a husband, to the teenage son who fought with his father, and even to the odious neighbor who left his trash on someone else's street... Here in this town, there's everything, not just photos. Humanity, that humanity seasoned with humility and the common people, that indulgent humanity that smells of fried food and lukewarm coffee with a cheap cigarette. That humanity floats everywhere and sticks to your face like humidity itself, like imaginary saltpeter, like a passing time that stays with you and can't be returned...
Y bueno yo, sigo allí. Aquí y allá, inmerso y ausente al unísono, como queriendo afectarme, para que no diga nadie que no tengo siquiera algunas angustias. Pero la verdad... La verdad es que solo ando haciendo fotos mientras saludo a quien saluda y sonrío con quien sonríe. Eso sí, cuidando también de intentar llorar, o cuando menos dejar escapar algún descontento, con quien llegue cerca y me hable de tristezas llanas y misteriosas carencias nimias. Esas carencias diminutas que van desde la mujer soltera vecina que robó un marido, pasando por el hijo adolescente que peleó con su padre y llegando incluso al odioso vecino que dejó su basura en la calle de otro... Aquí en este pueblo hay de todo, no solo fotos. La humanidad, esa humanidad sazonada de humildad y populacho, esa humanidad gustosa que huele a fritanga y a café tibio con un cigarrillo de mala marca. Esa humanidad flota por todos lados y se pega al rostro como la humedad misma, como un salitre imaginario, como un tiempo pasando que se queda y no puede devolverse...
📷 06 - Jack (the dog) waits at the door, Carlos passes by on his bicycle and two women arrive at a corner... / Jack (el perro) espera en la puerta, Carlos pasa en bicicleta y dos mujeres llegan a una esquina...
📷 07 - Injustice in the hunted's backyard... / La injusticia en el traspatio del cazador...
📷 08 - One corner and several wheels... / Una esquina y varias ruedas...
📷 09 - Metastasis in Amador's abandoned house... / Metástasis en la casa abandonad de Amador...
📷 10 - Daniel... / Daniel...
Once, as a lad of about 16, I wanted to leave this town, but I could only do so for a couple of weeks... Another time, already in my mid-30s, I tried again, and it didn't last as long... There's something of an insane obsession about wandering, between covert and feigned, between explicit and furtive, in these streets where I saw running as a child...
Una vez, siendo un mozalbete de unos 16 años, quise irme de este pueblo y solo pude hacerlo durante un par de semanas... Otra vez, ya en la medianía de mis 30, lo intenté de nuevo y duré menos... Hay algo de insana obsesión en deambular entra solapado y fingido, entre explicito y furtivo, en estas calles que me vieron correr de niño...
📷 11 - Street with a dog asking for something to eat at the door of a house... / Calle con perro que pide algo para comer en la puerta de una casa...
📷 12 - The mules leaving, the women talking... / Las mulas yéndose, las mujeres hablan...
Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
¡Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar!
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTE: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... They were then exported to JGP format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape v3.7
NOTA TÉCNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi cámara DSLR Nikon D7000 en formato RAW, procesadas posteriormente en Adobe Camera RAW para ajustes relativos a luz, afilado, contraste y profundidad... Luego fueron exportadas a formato JGP sobre el cual se llevaron a cabo modificaciones menores como enderezado y agregado de marcas de agua usando PhotoScape v3.7
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotografías para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lens:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Lente: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lente: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lente: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
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I sometimes wonder how it would feel if I stayed all my life in a neighborhood on a wooded hill in a subtropical seaside city where I was born. Like, neighbors of mine of the same age would probably feel being cousins to me - someone you grew up with, and knew as long as they existed, and the adults would be aunts and uncles. Or knowing trees for 40 years - how would it feel? Sounds like magic - amazing deep connection with everything around you - but, at the same time, like a cage. You can never have it all - every choice in life comes with the bitter sacrifice of countless other scenarios.
Wonderful set, as always. Love the charm of the neglected small town. Hope to experience this in India - I found such a town with seemingly great potential - let's see.
My dear friend and tireless traveler @x-rain 😀🙏!... Thank you for this charming and thoughtful comment!... Yes, it is true, you can have "one or the other" but it is difficult or impossible to have both... I don't know if I will end my days in this town, although I would like it to be so. But this my country (Venezuela) becoming more difficult every day to live normally... My eldest son (36 years old) lived in various parts of the continent from a very young age but has now settled down, married, and has children (2) in another country, so possibly, when I get older, I will end up being "the grandfather who takes photos" 😂 somewhere far from here... But I don't know, I don't see myself far from these streets and roads where I have always lived... Fate will have the last word I suppose... Thanks again for your visit, I hope to see photos soon of that little town in India that you have found... Have an excellent weekend, my dear friend...
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Wow, this could be an amazing new chapter in your life 😀 Of course, I’m rooting for you to go traveling 😄 but it might be staying in your hometown is a better choice for you... You'll know for sure when the time comes.
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