Locked
February 11th, 2011 | by emontero |For the first time in all my terrestrial existence, I had the opportunity to visit my father’s hometown a couple of months ago. El Cercado, located in San Juan, Dominican Republic, is a small, colorful, and very cozy town. As soon as I got into what could conceivably be construed as the downtown area, an old, wooden house caught my eye. The house, showcasing no windows and in a very terrible shape, sported a seemingly brand new lock on its main door:
This image has been my computer’s wallpaper for the past couple of days. Even though I’d taken the picture a while ago, I haven’t really checked out that day’s collection until very recently. This is one of the many aspects I find so interesting about photography. A photo is a feelings-producer, transformative time machine: you experience some of the same feelings that made you aim your camera at the subject whenever you contemplate the shot, but these feelings are always nuanced and magnified by your evolving mind. It is truly remarkable.
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One Response to “Locked”
By Elvis Montero on Apr 22, 2011 | Reply
Mi hijo, le decía precisamente anoche a algunos de tus hermanos, que eras el único de Uds. que de manera espontanea había ido a El Cercado.
La foto, muestra mucho de lo que abunda en nuestros campos y pueblos, pero te aseguro, que a pesar de la abrumadora abundancia de imágenes como la que muestras se requiere de una sensibilidad especial para observarlas y fotografiarlas. Eres un ser especial.
Tu Papa