Ernesto Ballesteros 375 Fuentes de luz tapadas 2005 Caneta permanente preta s/ fotografia ed 1/5 100 x 118,56 cm

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When fixed by the gaze, the light sources basically inflame. When that happens, it is hard to see what surrounds them.* I started by covering the stars in photographs, to distinguish the intricate and delicate nebulae, galaxies or star dust.

Later I concluded the same loneliness caused by a nocturnal sky without stars occurred with the nocturnal landscape of a city with its light sources covered.

Like in the astrophotographies, covering the sources of light turn the reflected light of the cities more visible, the textures of the surfaces, shades and the diversity of colors almost imperceptible in their delicate reflex.

The simple question of how many light sources there are in each photography led me to count them with covering them.

Ernesto Ballesteros

* The large cities spend a large amount of energy with the light that gets lost towards the sky, not to mention the damage to the star landscape. This problem could be solved if a opaque disc were placed on top of the light sources.