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A amorosa e lindíssima modelo Frida Gustavsson a ler O Retrato de Dorian Gray escrito por Oscar Wilde.
The lovely and beautiful model Frida Gustavsson reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Adoro Oscar Wilde! Ele tem uma visão da vida muito própria e acho a sua escrita fascinante e inteligente. Vou partilhar algumas das minhas cotações preferidas do seu romance O Retrato de Dorian Gray.

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I love Oscar Wilde! He has a very unique view on life and I think that his writing is fascinating and intelligent. I'll share with you some of my favorite quotes from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. 

"I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it." 

"The aim of life is self-development. To realise one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays."

"You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."

"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"What are you? To define is to limit."

" We woman, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all."

"Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. You may fancy yourself safe, and think yourself strong.But a chance tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you have once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you had ceased to play - I tell you, Dorian, that it is on things like these that our lives depend."

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

* Lovely Catarina *

Como prometi, aqui estão algumas fotografias antigas que tirei a uma das minhas melhores amigas Catarina Branco, que por sorte parece uma modelo.

Facto engraçado: comecei a fotografar basicamente por ter amigas armadas em modelos e que acabaram por ter jeito. Por isso, obrigado meninas por serem belas e maravilhosas - vocês sabem quem são!

Fiz uma selecção de algumas sessões que fiz com ela, reeditei as minhas favoritas e aqui estão! Espero que gostem...  

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As promised, here are some old photos I took for one of my bestfriends Catarina Branco, who luckily looks like a model. xD

Funny fact: I started photographing basically for having friends who were trying to be models and ended up being good at it. So thank you girls for being beautiful and wonderful - you know who you are!

I made a selection from some of the sessions I did with her, reedited my favorites and here they are! Hope you like it...

Photos by Jessica Silva

Model Catarina Branco

* The fantastic Samsonova Sasha *

Mais uma vez partilho algumas fotografias duma das minhas fotógrafas favoritas. Eu sei que ando a fazer muito posts sobre fotógrafos... Eu queria colocar algumas fotografias da minha autoria, mas tem chuvido tanto, o que não me permite ter a luz que eu quero e a liberdade de ir a rua e fotografar. Amanhã aparentemente vai chover outra vez, por isso pode ser que eu vos mostre alguns trabalhos meus antigos re-editados. O que acham?

Por agora, vamo-nos focar neste post. A fotógrafa Samsonova Sasha é realmente genial. Fiz uma selecção extensa de algumas das fotografias dela... e excluí algumas (infelizmente) porque são todas excelentes e fantásticas... queria mostrar-vos todas!! Mas não pode ser... 

O que eu posso dizer das fotografias dela é que são muito artísticas e expressam emoções fortes de uma maneira quase inexplicável. Pelo menos para mim... Sentem o mesmo?

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Once again I share with you some photos of one of my favorite photographers. I know I'm doing a lot of posts about photographers ... I wanted to put some pictures of my own, but it’s always raining, which doesn’t allow me to have the light I want and the freedom to go and photograph outside. Apparently tomorrow will rain again, so I might show you some of my old work re-edited. What do you think?

For now, we will focus on this post. The photographer Samsonova Sasha is really genius. I made an extensive selection of some of her photos ... and excluded some (unfortunately) because they are all excellent and fantastic ... I wanted to show you all! But it cannot be...

What I can say is that her pictures are very artistic and they express strong emotions in a way you cannot explain. At least for me ... Do you feel the same?

FREEDOM IS A CAGE by Marta Streng

Estava a navegar na internet à procura de alguma inspiração quando me deparei com as fantásticas fotografias de uma fotógrafa polaca chamada Marta Streng. Adoro o estilo dela... As fotografias têm algo de puro e ao mesmo tempo poderoso. Deixo-vos com uma das suas sessões.

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I was surfing the internet looking for some inspiration when I came across the fantastic photographs of a polish photographer named Martha Streng. I love her style ... The photographs seem so pure and powerful at the same time. I leave you with one of her sessions.

FREEDOM IS A CAGE

photography by Marta Streng

* Wildfox * Mark The Cobra Snake *

Dois grandes favoritos. Adoro as campanhas fotográficas da WILDFOX, são sempre fantásticas. As modelos são sempre lindíssimas e diferentes, já para não falar do styling e cenário das sessões. Nunca fico desapontada... Mark Hunter 'The Cobra Snake' é um dos meus fotógrafos favoritos... não só por ser dos principais fotografos da WILDFOX mas também pelo seu estilo único.

Aqui fica a campanha Outono/Inverno da WILDFOX deste ano.

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Two big favorites. I love the photographic campaigns of WILDFOX, they are always fantastic. The models are always beautiful and different, not to mention the scenery and styling. I’m never disappointed... Mark Hunter 'The Cobra Snake' is one of my favorite photographers... not only because he is one of the main photographers of Wildfox but also for his unique style.

Here is WILDFOX’s 2012 Fall/Winter campaign.

Wildfox, Star Crossed Lovers Campaign