Friday, June 19, 2009

Come see Valentina Vitols Studio at the 38th Fremont Fair!



We are excited to announce that Valentina Vitols Studio is having a booth with I Heart Rummage, the fabulous and famous Seattle's indie showcase. Come see us at the underground garage in the Fremont Fair!

We will have Fine Art prints for sale, and will be doing studio portraits for just $20. A percentage of the profits for the portraits will benefit the programs at Solid Ground
.

I'll be sharing the booth with the beautiful selections of handmade jewelry and original illustrations by LaRu.

This is one of the most wonderful festivals our darling city offers. Come on and stop by! You'll enjoy it very much!


ABOUT THE FREMONT FAIR:

Fremont Fair is located in the funky and friendly Fremont neighborhood—Seattle, Washington's own "Center of the Universe."

Now in its 38th year, Fremont Fair returns to celebrate the Summer Solstice and the best of our community: art, spirit, sharing, celebration and working together to help each other. During Fair weekend, people from all walks of life come together to shop, eat, drink, perform, smile, dance, run, converse, debate, groove and parade.

And while Fremont Fair continues to emphasize good times, don't forget about the good work it does by raising awareness and understanding of the needs of low-income people in our community.

Produced by The Workshop, benefiting the programs of Solid Ground, all donations received during this FREE event go directly to fund their programs that provide shelter, food, advocacy and care for low-income families and individuals throughout Seattle and King County. YOU CAN HELP! Bring a buck or two to drop in the orange donation boxes at the festival entrances. It only takes $1 to make a difference!


Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Please join us in VAGABUNDA POR EL MUNDO closing reception



I would love to see all my great Seattle friends this Friday at Neptune Coffee in Greenwood! It's the closing reception for my exhibit VAGABUNDA POR EL MUNDO, where you will be able to see some of the images I made during several photographic trips.

The joy of working as a photographer is not only about the photographic process, it is also getting to know the subjects. Conversations are as important as composition and execution. At the end of the day, when showing these images, people stand in awe not only with the phenomenal expressions of my fellow citizens but also with the little and big stories behind them. I am very fortunate to be able to show AND tell.

I would also love to invite you to check out my dear friend Lauri's blog, where she made a very nice mention about the show.
http://noesmuytipico.blogspot.com/2009/01/friday-pm-at-neptune-coffee-in.html

Hope to see you all there!

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Artesanos, vendedores y perros








All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Peru.

Monday, July 07, 2008

Carne / Peru





All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Peru.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Current work: Miss Quince

Currently, I am working on a visual exploration of the Quinceaños parties in the United States. Here are some of the latest images.

video

All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2008. Atlanta, Georgia.

Monday, April 21, 2008

¡Bienvenida a Buenos Aires!


¡Hola, Buenos Aires!
Cabildo.
Encontré tus rasgos, (I found your features,)
tu sonrisa, (your smile,)
tus brazaletes, (your bracelets,)
tus planos (your blueprints)
y tus herramientas (and your tools)
en las abarrotadas calles bonaerenses. (In the jam-packed Bonaerense streets.)
¡Hola, Buenos Aires!





Simpáticas. (Nice)
Musas. (Muses)
Lunáticas. (Lunatics)
Alborazadas. (Lively)
Irreflexivas. (Light)
Ennumeradas. (Numbered)
Ubicuas. (Ubiquitous)



All Photos and Texts (and sudden translations) by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Buenos Aires


Florida street.
She embraces him.
Ché, there is sun underneath your eyelids”.
She whispers, whispers two three four
ten words.
He is silent, he hugs,
rests his cheek
and shows.



Two birds, heat
four wings
feathers entwined
hints on the skin
spring bursts in Buenos Aires.
dermatologic
Romeo and Julieta.

All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Buenos Aires II


Florida,
a sensitive, allusive and evocative way
random
ephemeral elemental manifest
of the commercial music
the leather and the wool
the meats and the Malbec
of Argentines of peregrines
of idylls and love.



One day you will walk
into the roundness that precedes you
you’ll be a mother
maybe an Argentine wife.
Today you are distracted.
Today you’re the palm of a hand
a nose that breathes
earlobes that welcome sounds
the cacophony of Avenida Corrientes
one pair of eyelashes with makeup on
observing
sublime.


All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

En Argentino


Nos vimos
en la boca del argentino
dijo tu nombre
dijo el mío
acentos pausas inflexiones
como las voces de los nuestros
jamás nos han pronunciado
pasan de largo los bonaerenses
nos imagino tomados de la mano
discutiendo
lo romántico lo empírico lo malcriado
somos seremos distintos
en los bordes de Puerto Madero
los semáforos a nuestras espaldas
verano en enero
la palabra claxon
quizás
podríamos descansar
observarnos, inquirirnos
en lo que no es cotidiano
lejos de lo que enamoró a otros
en nuestras mínimas coincidencias
garabatos de lápiz que se consumen
imágenes
que tiemblan en los dorsos y reveses
promesas en mano
a full house doliente
en este altibajo que somos
tú y yo.


Photo and Poetry by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Buenos Aires




All photos by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

En Pisaq te espero...


Alborea fresco claro
una luz que galvaniza imperceptible
aviva minúscula lo que yace, dormita
el observa como lo despierta
como lo hace bullicio y mercado
o silencio y misa quechua.
Las montañas peruanas crujen se abren
el clava sus ojos en mi.



Rodeos, ambigüedades, sutilezas
en formas figuras familiares
las chismosas oran sobre la carne
en monosílabos.



All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Pisaq, Peru.

Machu Picchu


One
Machu
(viejo)
Picchu
(cima)
una vista
sin palabras sin sílabas
perplejos
muy cerca
del Templo del Sol.



All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Machu Picchu, Peru.

Camino a Machu Picchu


Estás tan cerca
el aire
circula por tus hojas
porque eres vegetal
sinónimo de tantas bondades
el deseo de las plantas
de mis pies
de los movimientos
de mi estómago
eres responsable
de la ensoñación del día
de hoy.




Cuando vuelva

en algunos meses
en pocos años
pensaré
“¿seguirá tan triste cómo la recuerdo?
estaré en el tren
deseando otras expresiones para su rostro.
Pasaré por el mismo lugar
veré las mismas escaleras
y recordaré a la niña triste.


All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. On the way to Machu Picchu, Peru.

Diptych


Her figure
of immovable eyes
of constant age
a singular expression, still
an evocation, an allusion, an expose
revealing latitudes
discrepant, enraptured.
Uncovering a figure
on paper.



Her hands
the light on her nails
on the seams and stitches of the fabric
on the needle that goes, laboriously,
down and up, down and up.
She works in the market
a seamstress
right next to the beauty salon,
to the lady that sells fish,
and the couple that waits
around their display of sandals.
She smells like rambutan and mangoes
like leeks and hairspray
there is a little of all
in her.


All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Lacquer and sandals



All photos by Valentina Vitols, 2007. Myanmar (Burma).

Young Cambodia





All photos by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Caracas







All photos by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Caracas, Venezuela.

Still - Move


Still (Room)


Move (Car)

All photos by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Yangon, Myanmar.

Devotion


Ella



El



Juntos



Devoción

All photos by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2006. Páramo Las Lajas, Trujillo - Venezuela.

Diptych


She was an heroic woman.
Her feet used
her eyes, her nostrils.
Yet she smiled for me
and posed.
I understood her
and she recognized me.
We sympathized.
She smiled for me.



She is beautiful
dim
brief.



All photos and texts by Valentina Vitols. Copyright, 2007. Siem Reap, Cambodia.