interview with carmen moreno

hello hello, how are you lovelies? i hope you are doing quite fine… we are reaching the end of the week so quickly… and we have a shorter week, because tomorrow is a national holiday around here, and for us that live in lisbon, next monday is also a city holiday. we celebrate this holiday is fabulous, because on the evening before everyone goes out to the streets to celebrate what we call “the saints”. it is st. anthony’s day and we have so many traditions for this day. we eat sardines… we dance to popular music… we wander with our friends among crowded and enthusiastic narrow streets, the most typical ones… poorer couples have the chance to get married on this day with the city hall sponsoring the party… so many things. it’s a feast! if you are thinking about coming, i would advise you to choose the date around june 13th! but other than parties, today i am having another guest that kindly accepted to be a guest… a {lovely} guest. she is a very talented photographer, like all the ones i invite… (ah, yes!). let’s see if you guess who she is…

her name is carmen moreno and she comes from caracas, venezuela. she creates amazing images and concepts through her lens… let’s know more about carmen. if you admire her work, i am pretty sure you will love reading this.

number 36… it is not easy to me talk about what stage of my life has been happier  because every moment of my life have unforgettable moments, full of happiness and sadness… the perfect portions of black and white and precisely those nuances that give the necessary brightness to feel fulfilled and satisfied with the person i am today. why 36? because it’s my current age, because is the point of my present life where i’m being more receptive to receive and flow with the universe.

letter: b {book}… it’s one of my passions: reading, to be immersed in a book and live the life of others through their conflicts, desires, loves and passions is an enriching way of feeding, not only the mind but the creativity and inspiration. it’s one of my tools to create photographic concepts, sometimes the wings that i use to take off my feet from the floor. there is nothing i enjoy more than the touch of a book… the smell of new paper and ink… i call it chicken soup for the soul.

you favourite moment of the day… morning, mostly when i lift the blinds and see the blue “caraqueño” sky cutting by the avila, everything is very fresh, grass, trees, the air is different.

if i could choose a country to live, other than my own, i would choose… buenos aires, argentina. i fell in love of this city: the people, the street, the atmosphere… i traveled twice and i always back crying, i don’t want me back to my home! buenos aires stoled my heart… i have not lost the hope of living the rest of my life there… and i made a petition to  the universe, now i just have to wait!

if i had to choose a flavor from my childhood memories, i would choose… my aunt and my grandmother made ​​coconut candies that tasted like glory…! when i remember those time i can almost smell the coconut and sugar boiling.

and about indulgences? tell us about yours… a lot of little things that make me happy: i can talk about how good i feel the “brrr” {hum} of my kittens, how much  i enjoy walking barefoot. i am fascinated by how the leaves crunch under my feet, the softness of the skin of a baby, how i am able to disconnect from the world while i photograph or while i’m reading a good book, the smell of brewed coffee  or the perfume of the soil after the rain, the sound and movement of ocean waves hypnotize me, even a sunset can make me forget to blink.

i loved so many things about carmen… what she tells about reading books. i must confess that i don’t read that much. i should, i know i should. i think that you will only find me reading photography magazines… but she is so right. i remember the feeling of embracing the character’s lives and problems… feeling inspired, it is like shutting down the real world and dive into the book to live in a different world. she is also very talented with her camera and she is able to create different kinds of images… romantic, dreamy, focusing on nature… portraits… you can see more of her work on {flickr} and {website}.

images: collages created by me, photos by carmen moreno via flickr