My work embodies a minimalist approach, where simplicity serves as the foundation for deeper exploration. Through the lens of photography, I continue my journey from painting, focusing on surfaces that often go unnoticed - walls, doors, and windows. These elements become canvases that reveal the inherent geometry and order present in our surroundings. I am drawn to the interplay of texture and color, particularly the weathered and rusted surfaces that tell stories of time and transformation.
In my work, I strive to present clarity and precision, allowing the viewer to engage with the composition on a deeper level. The surfaces I capture are not just representations; they embody a search for harmony and a reflection of universal principles. Through this lens, I invite contemplation on the beauty of simplicity and the profound order that exists within the chaos of everyday life.
Link to the Past – a pictorial portrait
The street can be silence – absolute silence, stretching from one end to the other, at an undefined hour each day, broken only by the sound of footsteps on the pavement.
The street can be a door – old wood – where the heat expands and the damp carves cracks – asparagus green, brown, grey.
Link.
The street can be a door – a door that opens onto the past where, in those days – of the past – a frieze of plant pots adorned the staircase: begonias, here and
there – at the right time of year – in bloom.
Eugénia Soares Lopes