Poetry in Black and White - The Soul of Things and Other Souls by Agnaldo Lima

Poetry in Black and White - The Soul of Things and Other Souls by Agnaldo Lima

I'm a photographer and I have a dream - publish my first bookof photographs. I therefore invite you to take part in the publication of this book. Your contribution will act as a...

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I'm a photographer and I have a dream - publish my first bookof photographs. I therefore invite you to take part in the publication of this book. Your contribution will act as a PRE-PURCHASE of it. Thank you!

The present project was born  from the desire to use Photography as a generating element that is transforming the vulgar, the amorphous, the forgotten, into living and latent things in the veins of everyday life and presenting to the human eye /spirit a kind of toast to the beauty and the magic that hide in the soul of things.

It was after this concept that I decided to photograph details that are often hidden in the most different places and that, generally, we do not perceive with the naked eye.

It is, therefore, through the objective that these elements take a breath of life, showing us all their strength, all their poetry, all their soul.

This exercise of images is my contribution in the sense of developing a sensorial and emotional quality of life that leads the human being to commune with what in the universe makes Him common to everything that surrounds Him ... every day ... at all times - the beauty contained in the essence of His Soul and the poetic force of the Soul of Things.

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This is my first book and it was the beautiful evaluation text of my first steps in Photography, written by the journalist Roberto Cordeiro (in memory) that inspired its creation.


“THE BLACK AND WHITE of this highly sensitive photographer-poet, explores into details all that is focused by his sight, sometimes in a tracery shining by itself, sometimes in labyrinths of shadow and brightness, sometimes in images of irrepressible poetry.

(...)

Pointing a camera to a place, a form, a wall, a ladder, a simple basketball basket, is much more than making a gesture – particularly when the one doing it has acknowledged the poetic sense of its dimension, and its authentic perpetuity.
(...)
Agnaldo Lima gazed at them, then he captured and read their soul. It is said that all things have a soul, but one needs to know how to see it, how to find it.
(…)
Agnaldo Lima, attentive and curious, he discovers photography as a means of expression, opting for black and white. He believes that photographing is an act of love; love for nature, love for humankind, love for life.” This is precisely what his photography transmits.
(…)
That is what the reader can find in Poetry in Black and White – The Soul of Things and Other Souls, where poetry goes hand in hand with everyday black and white.”
 

About the author

Agnaldo Lima was born in Bahia (Brazil) on the 25th of December 1950.

With a versatile education, a mix of academic and self-taught learning, he developed his interest in Photography.

He actively visited the Photography section of the Georges Pompidou Center Library, in Paris, and later he studied at the Camden Adult Education Institute, in London, where he presented some of his works in a collective exhibition, in the end of the course.

He lives in Portugal (Lisbon).

Individual exhibitions: Sub-Vision, Milfontes, Milfontes Revisited, The Soul of Things, A Foreigner Look, The Colour of Time, Metamorphosis of a Look, Urban Poetry, Textures, Black and White Poetry, Fragments, Cute Faces (Portraits), Abstractometry, and Poetry in Black and White - The Soul of Things and Other Souls.

He believes that photographing is an act of love; love for nature, love for humankind, love for life.

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The amount raised will be distributed as follows:

  • The book printing € 1.945,10
  • The pagination € 150,00
  • PPL Portugal comissions (5% + VAT  23%) = € 164,58 + payement partners comissions (2% + VAT 23%) = € 65,81 – Total amount: € 230,32
  • The rest of the money will be employed in transport/communication, printing of rewards and to post the books and the rewards.

Note: The book will be printed and distributed, as soon as it reaches the value of specified fundraiser.

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    THANKS + 1 BOOK

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    THANKS + 2 BOOKS + 6 pictures (20 x 30)

    Support with €100 or more and get THANKS + 2 BOOKS + 6 pictures (20 x 30) * You shall be entitled to two copies of the book + a set of six photographs signed by the author, to offer to a friend, a family member, a customer, or to a special contributor. Note: * This contribution gives you the right to receive the book and the rewards at home, with the shipping costs on behalf of the author.

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Agradecimento - remerciement - thanks

Olá, Agradeço, profundamente, a todos que, até o momento, apoiaram este projecto. A vossa participação tem sido muito importante para mim. Entretanto, restam poucos dias p...

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    Agradecimento - remerciement - thanks

    Olá,

    Agradeço, profundamente, a todos que, até o momento, apoiaram este projecto.
    A vossa participação tem sido muito importante para mim.
    Entretanto, restam poucos dias para o encerramento desta campanha.
    Venho, pois, solicitar o especial favor de estenderem a vossa participação, partilhando, uma vez mais, entre os vossos amigos, conhecidos.
    Dessa forma espero conseguir o objectivo ao qual me propus.
    Obrigado!
    Agnaldo Lima

    Bonjour,

    Je remercie, profondément, à tous qui, jusqu'au moment, ont soutenu ce projet.
    Votre participation a été très importante pour moi.
    Néanmoins ils, restent peu de jours pour la fermeture de cette campagne.
    Je viens, donc, solliciter la spéciale faveur d'élargir votre participation, en partageant, une fois de plus, entre vos amis et le gens de votre entourage.
    De cette forme j'attends réussir l'objectif auquel je me suis proposé.
    Merci !
    Agnaldo Lima

    Hello,

    I am deeply thankful to all that, until the moment, had supported this project.
    Your participation has been very important for me.
    However, they remain few days for the closing of this campaign.
    I come, therefore, to request the special favor to extend your participation, sharing one more time, among your friends and people of your surrounding.
    In that way I wait to obtain the goal which I proposed.
    Thanks!
    Agnaldo Lima

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