Bøger af Márcio Faustino Santos

A metaphysical narrative with an intrigued, mysterious and lonely man who has a conversation raising many questions about his existence. He is convinced he has been alienated from his origin. He realises he doesn't know where he is and how he ended up in this society. The answers about how to gain back his own identity are hidden from him in the competitive society where he finds himself. His queries bring him the conclusion that he is in a quest to save himself as long he doesn't forget his true identity, but he can not do it alone and he knows it; he has to confront the reality that has been rejecting him. In his pursuit to not forget his true identity he risks to end up forever on his own, fragmented and invisible in his community, but he is determined to continuously defy society and not give up memories hidden in himself until he finds his true home. MEMORIES OF A BROKEN GOD is a philosophical and psychological fiction investigating what it means to be alive. Readers who like the mystery in THE THIRD POLICEMAN and the conflict in THE TRUMAN SHOW will enjoy the short but rich narrative in this story.

Um homem intrigado, misterioso e solitário, tem uma conversa que levanta muitas questões sobre sua existência. Ele está convencido de que foi alienado de sua origem, percebendo que ele não sabe onde está e como acabou no mundo.As respostas sobre como voltar para sua casa estão escondidas na sociedade segregadora onde ele se encontra. Suas perguntas o levam à conclusão de que ele está em uma busca para salvar a si mesmo não esquecendo sua verdadeira identidade, mas ele não pode fazer isso sozinho e ele sabe disso; ele tem que enfrentar a realidade que o tem rejeitado e competido contra ele.Em sua busca por não esquecer quem realmente é, ele corre o risco de acabar para sempre sozinho, sem um lugar onde se sinta integrado e invisível em sua comunidade, mas ele está determinado a desafiar continuamente a sociedade, não desistindo de memórias escondidas em si mesmo, até que ele encontre o seu verdadeiro lar.

A compilation of still life photographs representing life and the human mind. The photographs are from different periods from Márcio Faustino (Santos) life, divided in the book in 5 parts. Flowers represent feelings, bottles represent the human body, food represents wealth and material wishes while masks represent what we show to others, to ourselves and what we hide. These photos are inspired by the metaphysics view of human behavior and relation to each other. All the images were originally made with film negatives and hand crafted by the photographer himself. Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide. Perhaps we see ourselves as in a bag of skin, as if our body were distinct from our mind and not part of it, in order to hide; As a defensive behaviour and a way of concealing intentions and thoughts. Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides. So we are anxious to communicate and express ourselves to others, because we can only know and picture ourselves in society in relation to others. People hide and withdraw into its shell until the sudden outburst of one who has long been silent.

In 2015 Márcio Faustino Santos begun an experiment with self portraits photographed with a pinhole camera; a camera adapted by himself. Many tests and experiments were made with lights, film negatives and film developers in order to archive the most attractive result. The photographs are long exposures ranging from 1 to 8 minutes. The long exposures self portraits required the photographer (who is sitting for the photos) to stay still until the end of the photo exposure time. This waiting time belongs to contemplation - a concept Márcio Faustino Santos has for his slow cameras to oppose the rush, efficiency and immediate tendency of our time, which forbid the ["unproductive"] contemplating time. The experiments results you can see in this book. These photos are about contemplation, illumination and death.

Uma coleção de pequenos artigos que o fotógrafo Márcio Faustino [Santos] escreveu nos últimos 7 anos. Ele oferece seu ponto de vista e pensamentos como uma forma de autoexpressão como artista, com o conflito psicológico entre o desejo de se encaixar na sociedade e o sentimento de estar separado dela. Márcio Faustino Santos procura encontrar o essencial que nos torna humanos e, ao mesmo tempo, procura encontrar o essencial que o torna fotógrafo, escritor ou simplesmente artista. Os assuntos variam de experiências pessoais, filosofia, psicologia, religião, política e arte.

A collection of short essays the photographer Márcio Faustino Santos wrote in the past 7 years. The subjects range from personal experiences, philosophy, psychology, religion, politics and art. He offers his point of view and thoughts as a way of self expression as an artist, with the psychological conflict between the desire to fit in society as well as feeling apart from it. Márcio Faustino Santos tries to find the essential that makes us humans and, at the same time, he tries to find the essential that makes him a photographer, a writer or simply an artist.