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DANCING "CARMEM" IN HEAVEN [ HOMAGE TO ANTONIO GADES ]

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Sergio Moreira

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DANCING "CARMEM" IN HEAVEN [ HOMAGE TO ANTONIO GADES ]

Nikon FM-2 / 105mm f2.5 nikkor lens / Ektapress 1.600 PRO negative film "pushed" to 3.200...
THEATRO MUNICIPAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO - early 90s [95 TO BE PRECISE]

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Sergio Moreira 28/12/2006 6:05
Yes, Seraphine, that's Flamenco! We miss Antonio Gades. Sergio.
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Seraphine Wilhelm 16/06/2006 18:07
beautiful,
everybodys posture is so straight, beautiful attitude and strong backbone.
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Sergio Moreira 05/10/2005 1:55
hi jeremy!
let us consider the fact that I was hiding myself up on the galleries not to be seen...and also technical skills weren`t the approach here either! how about look at it as a supreme moment captured very hardly..?
I can say firmly that the soul of Antonio Gades`s dance was represented in my picture with high degree of respect. Sorry, dumb you.
Sergio.
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Sergio Moreira 05/10/2005 1:42
JUTTA,
YOU ALWAYS AS SWEET AS HONEY!
THANK YOU.
SERGIO.
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Sergio Moreira 05/10/2005 1:40
YOU MAKE ME SHY WEN HONEY! I`VE JUST CAPTURED AN UNIQUE MOMENT WITH GOD`S INPIRATION, AN FM-2 W. A 105mm f2.5 AIS LENS & EKTAPRESS 1600 neg. film ~pushed~ TO 3200, THAT`S ALL. THANK YOU, BABY.
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Sergio Moreira 05/10/2005 1:27
YES DRAGOMIR AND GADES HAD THE LIGHT!
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Chip Johansen 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
Agree with Jeremy. Good story, promising elements, short on execution (contrast, color, etc.). Sorry, contra.
Richard Overtoom 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
skip
Kay Wölfle 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
Agree with Jeremy, contra
Greetings Kay
Jeremy B 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
Although it is a moving story and a good foto...
My thoughts are that the dancer is bleached out a little too much, and even though I like grainy pictures, I miss a little of the quality here. Just my opinion - with all due respect.
sorry - contra
JVision 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
pro
When 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
What is so exceptional about this picture is the history and it's subject. When you understand the story of the man it has a deep impact that goes down your spine - as it did the first time I saw it, I had tears for the beauty of this shot. Antonio Gades was THE most influential flamenco dancer - in fact, one of the most influential dancers of our time. He raised the folk dance to the professional theatrical stage. In this picture he is dancing his Carmen - based on the French opera. Just before his death he was raised to the highest honor by Fidel Castro. Antonio passed away of cancer last year. This picture to me memorializes his career, life and death. Here he dances alone basked by a flood of light - on the left - his light brings attention to the other dancers.

Sergio does all of his work IN the camera, it is not a digital image. His mastery of photography and film is amazing, and to capture this image in the darkness of the theater puts me in awe.
Dragomir Vukovic 01/10/2005 17:03 Voting comment
we are the light, we are in the light
Sergio Moreira 01/10/2005 1:38
GOD BLESS HIS SOUL...
THANK YOU, BUDDY
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Dragomir Vukovic 25/09/2005 5:10
In the light we are, great shot to remaind us.
Excellent Sergio
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