Já aqui escrevi algumas vezes sobre o quanto o Acordo Fotográfico mudou a minha vida para melhor. E na base de todas as coisas boas que me têm acontecido a propósito deste simples projeto estão as pessoas que tenho conhecido. Algumas, apenas de passagem, mas cujas mensagens recordo com ternura e cujas fotografias vou rever volta e meia; outras com as quais vou mantendo um contacto regular quer por email, quer nas redes sociais e que vou tendo a oportunidade de conhecer pessoalmente; outras, ainda, que chegaram para passar a fazer parte do meu dia a dia. É o caso da Inês.
Embora vivamos no Porto há uns bons anos, eu e a Inês nunca nos tínhamos cruzado. A primeira vez que soube dela, foi em junho de 2012, estava eu de férias em Berlim. Na altura a Inês mantinha um blogue pessoal onde, a par de outras considerações, divulgava os vídeos que gravava com as suas impressões sobre os livros que ia lendo. Foi aí, nesse blogue, que escreveu sobre o Acordo Fotográfico e manifestou o desejo que um dia eu a encontrasse a ler num qualquer lugar da Invicta. Mas a vida quis muito mais do que um encontro esporádico e uma fotografia que registasse o momento. Para mim e para a Inês — que ainda antes de nos conhecermos pessoalmente me disse um dia que vivia um caso sério de paixão pela Literatura — a vida quis que acabássemos a desempenhar juntas esta linda profissão que é a de vender livros.
O facto da Inês ser minha colega de trabalho poderia levar-vos a pensar que esta fotografia foi combinada, o que não é verdade. Eu, a Inês e a G. passamos a maior parte das nossas horas de almoço juntas, a deambular pela baixa do Porto, mas naquele dia a Inês não nos acompanhou. Preferiu ir ler, sem nos revelar exatamente onde. Foi no regresso ao trabalho que a encontrámos no mais provável dos lugares: o jardim da Cordoaria. "Hoje não me escapas!", disse-lhe, e fiz (finalmente!) a fotografia da Inês, num dos raros momentos em que que não lia ficção. Tinha consigo a "Poesia Reunida", de Maria do Rosário Pedreira, um livro que despertou grande curiosidade quando lhe passou pelas mãos, não tendo descansado enquanto não o comprou. Esta leitura foi também estimulada por um canal que a Inês segue no Youtube e que tem como grande objetivo para 2013 fazer com que as pessoas leiam mais poesia. Na altura em que falámos, a Inês disse-me que estava a gostar do livro, mas que ainda não sabia ao certo porquê. Habituada a ler e a refletir sobre livros de ficção e romances, talvez lhe faltassem as palavras certas para descrever o que sentia perante os poemas de Maria do Rosário Pedreira (que aqui entre nós, eu soube à posteriori, a impressionaram muito).
I have written here several times how much Acordo Fotográfico changed my life for better. And at the foundation of all good things that have been happening to me regarding this simple project are the people I have met. Some, just passing by, but whose messages I remember with tenderness and whose photos I see again once in a while; others with whom I keep in touch by email or on Facebook and that, sometimes, I have the opportunity to meet personally; and others, yet, came to be a part of my everyday life. That is the case of Inês.
Although we both live at Porto for some years now, the path of Inês and mine had never crossed before. The first time I knew about her was in June 2012, during my holidays in Berlin. At that time Inês kept a personal blog where, among other considerations, she shared her videos with her opinions about the books she reads. It was there, on that blog, where she wrote about Acordo Fotográfico and expressed her desire that one day I might found her reading in some place of Invicta.* But life wanted much more than a sporadic encounter and than a picture to capture the moment. For me and for Inês — who even before we meet told me she had a huge passion for Literature — life wanted that we both ended up having this same beautiful profession that is selling books.
The fact that Inês is my co-worker might lead you to think that this is an arranged photo, which isn't true. Inês, G. and I spend most of our lunch hours together, wandering in down town Porto, but in that day Inês was not with us. She'd rather go reading, without telling us exactly where. It was on the way back to work that we found her in the most probable place of all: the Cordoaria's Garden. "Today you won't get away from me!", I told her, and I (finally!) took her picture, curiously in one of the rare moments she was reading poetry. She had with her "Poesia Reunida", from Maria do Rosário Pedreira, a book that aroused great curiosity when she once had it in her hands, so didn't rest until she bought it. This reading was also encouraged by a Youtube channel Inês watches regularly and which purpose is to make people to read more poetry in 2013. At the time we spoke, Inês told me she was enjoying the book but she didn't know yet exactly why. Used to read and reflect about fiction or novels, she was missing the right words do describe what she felt about the poetry of Maria do Rosário Pedreira (that I knew, afterwards, impressed her very much).
Translated by Marisa Silva
*Translator note: At the City coat of arms there is the following inscription: "Antiga, mui Nobre sempre Leal e Invicta cidade", so the people of Porto also kindly call "Invicta" to their City. "Invicta" means "Invincible".
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I have written here several times how much Acordo Fotográfico changed my life for better. And at the foundation of all good things that have been happening to me regarding this simple project are the people I have met. Some, just passing by, but whose messages I remember with tenderness and whose photos I see again once in a while; others with whom I keep in touch by email or on Facebook and that, sometimes, I have the opportunity to meet personally; and others, yet, came to be a part of my everyday life. That is the case of Inês.
Although we both live at Porto for some years now, the path of Inês and mine had never crossed before. The first time I knew about her was in June 2012, during my holidays in Berlin. At that time Inês kept a personal blog where, among other considerations, she shared her videos with her opinions about the books she reads. It was there, on that blog, where she wrote about Acordo Fotográfico and expressed her desire that one day I might found her reading in some place of Invicta.* But life wanted much more than a sporadic encounter and than a picture to capture the moment. For me and for Inês — who even before we meet told me she had a huge passion for Literature — life wanted that we both ended up having this same beautiful profession that is selling books.
The fact that Inês is my co-worker might lead you to think that this is an arranged photo, which isn't true. Inês, G. and I spend most of our lunch hours together, wandering in down town Porto, but in that day Inês was not with us. She'd rather go reading, without telling us exactly where. It was on the way back to work that we found her in the most probable place of all: the Cordoaria's Garden. "Today you won't get away from me!", I told her, and I (finally!) took her picture, curiously in one of the rare moments she was reading poetry. She had with her "Poesia Reunida", from Maria do Rosário Pedreira, a book that aroused great curiosity when she once had it in her hands, so didn't rest until she bought it. This reading was also encouraged by a Youtube channel Inês watches regularly and which purpose is to make people to read more poetry in 2013. At the time we spoke, Inês told me she was enjoying the book but she didn't know yet exactly why. Used to read and reflect about fiction or novels, she was missing the right words do describe what she felt about the poetry of Maria do Rosário Pedreira (that I knew, afterwards, impressed her very much).
Translated by Marisa Silva
*Translator note: At the City coat of arms there is the following inscription: "Antiga, mui Nobre sempre Leal e Invicta cidade", so the people of Porto also kindly call "Invicta" to their City. "Invicta" means "Invincible".
2 comentários:
Que livro tão bom para se ser apanhada pelo Acordo Fotográfico! :) Ainda que me faltem as palavras para, objetivamente, explicar porquê, recomendo-o vivamente a toda a gente.
É mesmo verdade que uma atividade tão solitária como a leitura consegue aproximar pessoas como nenhuma outra.
(Gostava muito de amanhã poder comentar este post contigo, mas, como sabes, estou de férias :D)
Aproveita bem as férias! Teremos muito tempo para comentar o post. :)
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