Ever since I was a child, I hated looking at the edges of pastures enclosed by wire fences whose posts were living trees; I hated it then, and I still hate it today. Many times I said to my uncles and other relatives (a good part of my family owns land in rural areas) things like, "Why do you do it like that? Don't you see those trees are suffering?" And the answers I received were always dismissive and from a perspective different from my own. Some simply told me, "This way the fences last longer," "Trees don't feel, they can't suffer," and more than once I received responses as awful as, "At least they haven't been cut down and they're still alive, even if they're suffering." All of this filled me with anxiety back then, but over the years I've learned that the suffering of all beings (even humans) seems to be part of what happens in this imperfect world. It's not that I've accepted these kinds of actions, but over time I've learned that there are things I can't change, as they're simply part of people's nature and the stage of development they're in. These photos were taken a few days ago while I was walking along the paths that cross the pastures, and I was still watching with a certain indignation how this practice of making fences is still as common as ever, and how the trees seem to become deformed and die as the fences wound them for years. Perhaps I'm the only one who feels or perceives this in such a way, and perhaps it's that feeling that leads me to take these photos and then work on them, processing and editing them in a way that, somehow, accentuates and conveys the pain of those trees...
Desde ni帽o odiaba mirar los bordes de los pastizales limitados por alambradas cuyos postes eran 谩rboles vivos; lo odiaba en aquel entonces y lo sigo odiando hoy por hoy. Y muchas fueron las veces en las cuales le dec铆a a mis t铆os y otros familiares (buena parte de mi familia tiene tierras en lugares rurales) cosas como: 驴Porqu茅 hacen eso as铆, acaso no ven que esos 谩rboles sufren?, y las repuestas que recib铆a siempre fueron dadas a la ligera y desde una manera de pensar distinta a la m铆a. Algunos simplemente me dec铆an "de esta manera duran mas tiempo los cercados", "los 谩rboles no sienten, no pueden sufrir" y m谩s de una vez llegu茅 a recibir respuestas tan horribles como "cuando menos no les han cortado y siguen vivos aunque sufriendo". Todo esto me llenaba de ansiedad en aquel entonces, pero con el paso de los a帽os aprend铆 que el sufrimiento de todos los seres (incluso los humanos) parece ser parte de lo que ocurre en este mundo tendiente a la imperfecci贸n. Y no es que he aceptado este tipo de acciones, pero con el paso del tiempo aprend铆 que hay cosas que no puedo cambiar, pues simplemente forman parte de la naturaleza de las personas y del momento evolutivo en el cual se encuentran. Y estas fotos son hechas precisamente mientras caminaba por los caminos que atraviesan los potreros hace d铆as, y yo miraba a煤n con cierta indignaci贸n como esta pr谩ctica para hacer alambradas sigue siendo tan usada como antes, y como los 谩rboles parecen deformarse e ir muriendo mientras los alambras los hieren durante a帽os. Quiz谩s soy yo 煤nicamente quien siente o percibe esto de tal manera, y quiz谩s es esa sensaci贸n la que me lleva a hacer estas fotos para luego trabajar sobre ellas, proces谩ndolas y edit谩ndolas de manera que, de alguna manera, se acent煤e y se transmita el dolor de esos arboles...
Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
隆Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar!
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTE: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... They were then exported to JGP format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape v3.7
NOTA T脡CNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi c谩mara DSLR Nikon D7000 en formato RAW, procesadas posteriormente en Adobe Camera RAW para ajustes relativos a luz, afilado, contraste y profundidad... Luego fueron exportadas a formato JGP sobre el cual se llevaron a cabo modificaciones menores como enderezado y agregado de marcas de agua usando PhotoScape v3.7
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotograf铆as para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lens:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
C谩mara: Nikon D7000
Lente: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lente: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lente: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Montalb谩n, Carabobo, Venezuela.