Hombre de la esquina rosada

This series of pictures was made in the late 60's.... I had the idea to retrieve them when I discovered in a nearby village an exhibition of a great artist who dedicated a number of paintings to Jorge Luis Borges, actually trying to reproduce the impact his writings had on her, when she first read it many years ago. We had a long conversation, and we discovered that we had both tried the same thing at about the same time.... Her work can be seen on her site:

http://kingakozakowska.free.fr/

Picture inspired by the writings of JL Borges

I like that you did a series based on written words. I too have felt most inspired by works of literature of late and have found the results to expand beyond my interpretation resulting in different meanings to different viewers. Having not read the writings that inspired your series, I still find these photographs to be excellent. I am most curious as to where the ladder leads and what is hiding in the shadows. Perhaps I should do a little reading to find out? Congrats, DMc

Thanks for your interest. This particular picture was taken in an observatory that was -and perhaps still is- on the top of a technical college. It was was unused and practically dead. I guess the ladder was used to adjust or repair the mechanism opening the slot in the dome or rotating the dome. In other words, nothing in the settings that would be related to the literature of JL Borgès, except of course the evocation of the solitary man, and of course the pink wall, possibly typical in Buenos Aires....