"It was inevitable: the smell of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of thwarted loves. Doctor Juvenal Urbino perceived this the moment he entered the house, still in darkness, where he had gone urgently to attend to a case that, for him, had ceased to be urgent many years ago. The Antillean refugee Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, a war invalid, a photographer of children, and his most compassionate chess opponent, had set himself free from the torments of memory with a cyanide incense."
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
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The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
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Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
"It was inevitable: the smell of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of thwarted loves. Doctor Juvenal Urbino perceived this the moment he entered the house, still in darkness, where he had gone urgently to attend to a case that, for him, had ceased to be urgent many years ago. The Antillean refugee Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, a war invalid, a photographer of children, and his most compassionate chess opponent, had set himself free from the torments of memory with a cyanide incense."
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
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The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
***
Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
