publié le 30.06.2011
Dominique (a good friend) asked me if I would be willing to make a few portraits of her recently, which coincided perfectly with my looking for an excuse to have her pose for me again. She studied photography before moving on to another career, she’s visually savvy and knows what works without needing much direction, perfect since I hardly give out any.
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
As usual I went for a more serious look but since Dominique can fool around with the best of them I quickly had her wearing the rock & roll shirt and giving me all the snooty attitude she could muster.
© Patrick Alonso
Quite obviously, these portraits are all about Dominique performing for me (you) and my inciting that performance with little nudges … makes me wonder if it’s possible to produce a portrait without either myself or the subject acting on our perceptions of the moment and trying to convey those to the image, a concept of which I was aware of prior to reading this essay but which as been rattling inside my head since.
publié le 23.06.2011
(en français suivant les photos)
My Aldea book project is finally completed, printed and ready for viewing. As you might of guessed from the title, this book, actually a forty page booklet, is a collection of photographs from my Aldea series.
Like the village at the origin of this project, this booklet is rough. Printed on an average print paper (slightly heavier than copy paper) from a local print shop and saddle stitched, the basic premise for this project was that it shouldn’t last or at least stay in pristine condition for very long if handled in a cavalier manner. The only thing that will make these a limited edition is time itself.
The methods used have added their own ingredients to the overall look of the photographs and the completed product is exactly what I wanted these images to “feel” like when I started editing this series way back in January.
I printed a small number for now which I will be selling for 7.50$ + 3.00$ shipping a piece (that’s Canadian dollars). Mail me if you would be interested in getting a copy.
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
Mon projet de livre Aldea est enfin terminé, imprimé et prêt pour votre visionnement. Comme vous pouvez le deviner d’après le titre, ce livre, en fait un livret d’une quarantaine de pages, est une collection de photographies de ma série Aldea.
Tout comme le village à l’origine de ce projet, ce livret est rustique. Imprimé sur un papier d’impression moyen (un peu plus lourd que du papier copie) à partir d’un imprimeur local et agrafé à la main, la prémisse de départ pour ce livret était qu’il ne devrait pas durer, ou du moins rester en parfait état pour très longtemps s’il était manipulé de manière cavalière. La seule chose qui va faire de ce livre une édition limitée est le temps lui-même.
Les méthodes utilisées ont ajouté leurs propres ingrédients à l’aspect global de la photographie et le produit fini est exactement ce que je voulais « ressentir » par rapport à ces images quand j’ai commencé à éditer cette série en janvier.
J’ai imprimé un petit nombre pour l’instant que je vais vendre pour 7,50 $ + 3,00 $ d’expédition. Écrivez-moi si vous souhaitez obtenir une copie.
publié le 15.06.2011
© Patrick Alonso
Father and son playing football at the foot of Mount-Royal and l’Université de Montréal.
My little Aldea book (booklet) project is finally off to the printers today … I’ll talk about it more next week.
publié le 08.06.2011
Scene during a rooftop picnic from a few Sundays ago …
© Patrick Alonso
An alternative from urban parks, which are inundated with fellow late weekend dinners thus counteracting their usually relaxing properties (if like me, you frown upon the concept of relaxing in the middle of large crowds).
