BELFAST

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

BY

ADOLFO ESCAT

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 PROLOGUE
Welcome to Belfast, City of Artists. In this book containing 82 photographs,
you will find interesting street photography and works of art, including
graffiti and pictures of inhabitants of Belfast.
I was impressed by the beauty and quality of urban art that I found on the
streets of Belfast. This kind of art embellish the streets of Belfast and give a
new quality of life to the inhabitants and to visitors alike.
I have captured urban art in a way that I think improves the original visual
image propositions, that is, framing art within more art, within my
photographic imagination, so as to produce street photography artistic
proposals.
Also, a number of artists have been photographed, either while performing
or being simply portraited. There is always something interesting going on
in the center of Belfast. Angels, sirens, lions, dogs, crocodiles and
chimpanzees are not forgotten in these collection.
This is why many of the depicted images include inhabitants of the city
going about their daily business. I am of the opinion that urban art becomes
more powerful when it is framed in an urban narrative that includes human
beings. This is so because we, as humans, make connections to other human
beings, we are curious about the looks and behavior of other humans.
Framing a work of art next to an interesting human narrative both improves
the work of art and the human narrative depicted.
Also, images have been digitally retouched so as to improve and to enhance
colors and profiles, as many of the photographed objects have faded colors
by now, or in order to create new visual effects, erasing colors and leaving
only interesting colors in a way that reinterprets reality. This is all about
when trying to create art, to reinterpret reality and to present it under a new
light.
In this respect, this collection of photographs both reinterpret the aesthetic
qualities of urban art, frames it in new photographic visual proposals and
preserves it for the future generations as well in an artistic collection of
photographs.
As the volcano ashes of Pompei did to the graffiti of Pompei, these
photographic images will fix the memory of the city of Belfast during the
virus pandemic times of 2020.
I hope that you will enjoy the contemplation of these images.
The author. November 2020.
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You will find other books by Adolfo Escat on Amazon:
MY BOOK OF ANIMALS
IRELAND
DUBLINERS
LISBON AND FARO
ARTISTIC GRAFFITI PORTRAITS OF EUROPE
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY: VOLUME ONE
120 PORTRÄTS UND SELBSTPORTRÄTS
EUROPÄISCHE STRASSENFOTOGRAFIE: BANDE II
CHARLEROI ET CHÂTELET DANS MON COEUR
SOUVENIRS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES: CHARLEROI
THE CONNEMARA IN 100 IMAGES
LE CONNEMARA POUR LES FRANÇAIS
MEIN ERSTES TIERBUCH
A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO LIÈGE
LISSABON UND FARO
IRLANDA
POESÍA Y GUERRA
POESÍA SOBRE POESÍA
POESÍA Y NATURALEZA