A man holding up the ruins / #monomad challenge / [ING/ESP]
The photos 📸 are my entry to the #monomad contest from @monochromes and @brumest.
Greetings Hivers.
Sometimes, walking through the streets, I see people who make me hesitate before taking a photograph. People who seem like ruined buildings, fortresses worn down by centuries of rain and salt, like this man who lives in a capital made of only a few square meters and owns more books than furniture. Resisting as he can, with just enough will to live to get up every day, breathe, and little more.
But when I look up, I realize that his surroundings are in no better condition.
Sometimes I think it is not him who lives inside the ruin, but the ruin that leans on him so it does not collapse completely. While he reads, while he slowly turns a page, he holds something more than a book, he holds time, memory, and a quiet form of dignity. The building crumbles, the city cracks, but in that minimal act of reading there is still resistance. And that, even if it does not seem so, is also a form of home.
Saludos Hivers.
A veces por la calle veo personas que me hacen titubear antes de hacerles una foto. Personas que parecen edificios en ruinas, fortalezas castigadas por siglos de lluvia y sal, como este señor que vive en una capital de apenas unos metros cuadrados y que tiene más libros que muebles. Resistiendo como puede, con suficientes ganas de vivir para levantarse todos los dÃas, respirar y poco más.
Pero cuando levanto la vista me doy cuenta de que su entorno no está en mejores condiciones.
A veces pienso que no es él quien habita la ruina, sino la ruina la que se apoya en él para no caer del todo. Mientras lee, mientras pasa una página con calma, sostiene algo más que un libro, sostiene el tiempo, la memoria y una forma silenciosa de dignidad. El edificio se desmorona, la ciudad se agrieta, pero en ese gesto mÃnimo de leer todavÃa hay resistencia. Y eso, aunque no lo parezca, también es una forma de hogar.
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Technical data:
Nicon camera: Nikon D700
Nicon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G
Translated by Deepl free version.7
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Y otra vez fotos impresionantes. La segunda y la tercera son las que más me llaman la atención. La parte de leer dentro de las ruinas tiene algo simbólico considerando que menos y menos gente lee. Y la toma de las ruinas con esta cantidad enorme de patrones, se podrÃa estar contemplando por un buen tiempo. Muchas gracias por compartir!
Gracias colega. Eres muy amable, ya casi nadie lee, como dices. El señor es un ejemplo obsoleto. Como las ruinas donde vive. Es un poco triste
Beautiful and moving, the idea that the ruin leans on him while he reads is powerful.
Thank you for stopping by and reading. The ruins will endure whatever the old man can bear. They are one.
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STOPWhat a great portrait! You capture the essence of that scene, of the man and his surroundings in such a circumstance.
Thank you. You are very kind. The environment has a lot in common with the elderly man. They both support each other.
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Love how you state this one, " Sometimes I think it is not him who lives inside the ruin, but the ruin that leans on him so it does not collapse completely." I believe in this one. Somehow it was observed that the buildings are fast to deteriorate and collapse when no one's lives on there.
Who supports whom? is the question?. Great for stopping by and commenting, my friend.