"Self-portrait With Agave"
(November 3rd, 2020)
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas, U.S.A.
(November 3rd, 2020)
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas, U.S.A.
After the first encounter last year, I returned there again. I had to because it was love at first sight. The desert is not a landscape that shouts. It whispers, inviting you to look closer. I think I found my place on Earth. The Chihuahuan desert, the largest desert in North America and the third most diverse in the world, is where I went for a 10-day road trip in November.
It was a peak season, but I was able to find my solitude, rebuild harmony, and feed my soul. Aride and alive, the fascinating paradox about the Chihuahuan could be the metaphor of my poor existence in this world.
I took this mirrored self-portrait at the Ghost Town Ruin where I stayed the first three days in historic Terlingua Ghost Town. My hosts, Sue and her husband, retired photographers, worked hard nine winters to rebuild the ruin from the miners back in the 40's. It is rustic, and very special at the same time.
I remember the second day hike in the Chisos Mountains, Mule Ears Spring Trail, felt very much desert-like, and made me dyhadrated. After coming back from the Big Bend National Park, I took the last chance to wander here and there on the property with my camera hoping to meet again Speedy, a friendly roadrunner I saw the first day and Missy, a lovely tiny kitty Sue was taking care of. Agave plants, one of my favorite desert vegetation, growing in the backyard caught particularly my eye.
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About the project:
About the project:
I wish to look at myself in all reflected streets and places I will be passing by. These self-portraits are inspired by Vivian Maier's self-portraiture: http://www.vivianmaier.com
