Tattoo You, Lucía Paula
The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
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| — | Deepak Chopra (via fyp-philosophy) |
It turns out that her most memorable qualities define themselves by their absence, because so much of what you might expect isn’t there.
En Cuba, se vive bailando. (Cuba, the ballet) Omar Z. Robles
From the artist:
Over the past two years I’ve devoted my work almost exclusively to photographing ballet dancers within urban settings. Cuba has one of the top ranked ballet companies, thus why I dreamt of visiting the island for a long time. Their dancers are just some of the best dancers in the world. Perhaps it is because movement and rhythm runs in their afro-caribbean blood, but most likely it is due to the Russian school of training which is part of their heritage.
Thanks to a grant from the Bessie Foundation I was able travel a few weeks ago to Cuba. To my surprise, on my visit I ended up documenting a different kind of dance. I found myself tangled between the rhythm of the ballerinas I set myself to shoot and the cadence of the Cubans in the streets balancing their lives in an effort to make it through each and every day. And I was swept off my feet by that dance.
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LEAGUE OF EXTRAVAGANT GRANNIES, Osborne Macharia
This is the story of Kenya’s League Of Extravagant Grannies who were once corporate and government leaders in the 1970’s but are now retired. They now live the retired high life, traveling to exotic and remote areas within Africa to explore, party and enjoy in exclusivity. Little is known about them.
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