"Araucaria angustifolia is a unique tree that impresses with its beauty and resilience, and can live for hundreds of years. As the protagonist and eyewitness to the stories that shaped my path, the Brazilian Pine goes beyond its natural role in the flora there, as it also personifies the return to my own roots and the establishment of ties with the changes that were the consequences of time and migrations.
The area of the pine forest in Paran / / has been drastically reduced over time due to uncontrolled occupation of the territory and unbridled urbanization. The transformation of the regional landscape directly reflects my own history. Just as humans depend on each other for their survival, Brazilian pine trees do not survive on their own; in fact, to produce seeds , pinh animato, they depend on the wind for pollination. The idea of interdependence and renewal reflects the family cycle metaphorically represented by the pine cone and the House. A cone that falls to the ground, cracks and scatters seeds, from which new trees grow, is like a family experiencing periods of separation and renewal.
Like the seeds of the pine cone, photographs have the power to confront us with the memories we have stored and those that, even after falling to the ground, still carry the promise of new beginnings."- M'amacrcia Beltr'amacio
Shortlist of the public call Kranj Foto Fest 2025.
More about the festival: https://kranjfotofest.org/
»Araucaria angustifolia je edinstveno drevo, ki navdušuje s svojo lepoto in odpornostjo, živi pa lahko več sto let. Kot protagonist in očividec zgodb, ki so oblikovale mojo pot, brazilski bor presega svojo naravno vlogo v tamkajšnji flori, saj pooseblja tudi vrnitev k mojim lastnim koreninam in vzpostavljanje vezi s spremembami, ki so bile posledice časa in selitev.
Površina borovega gozda v Paranáju se je tekom časa drastično zmanjšala zaradi nenadzorovanega zasedanja ozemlja in nebrzdane urbanizacije. Preobrazba regijske krajine neposredno odraža mojo lastno zgodovino. Tako kot so ljudje za preživetje odvisni drug od drugega, tudi drevesa brazilskega bora sama ne preživijo; da proizvedejo semena, pinhão , so namreč za oprašitev odvisna od vetra. Ideja medsebojne odvisnosti in obnavljanja odraža družinski cikel, ki ga metaforično predstavljata borov storž in hiša. Storž, ki pade na tla, se razpoči in raztrese semena, iz katerih zrastejo nova drevesa, je kot družina, ki doživlja obdobja ločitve in obnovitve.
Tako kot semena borovega storža imajo tudi fotografije moč, da nas soočijo s spomini, ki smo jih shranili, in tistimi, ki tudi po padcu na tla še vedno nosijo obljubo novih začetkov.« – Márcia Beltrão
Ožji izbor javnega razpisa Kranj Foto Festa 2025.
Več o festivalu: https://kranjfotofest.org/
