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Stairways to nowhere

PS. The world is a little bit sadder today.

Henri Salvador died. Just found this video, in which he sings bossa nova with Rosa Passos, a great Brazilian artist.

Au revoir, Henri.
COMMENTS
Leftofcenter said at 8:13 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
there's an expression in English "spiral down". they invented that expression for photos like this. very clever. is this how you're feeling?
Snooway said at 8:14 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Cool!
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:16 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
ANNELIES: I thought of adding a clever quote, but all I could associate to these photos was...

Step one
We can have lots of fun
Step two
Theres so much we can do
Step three
Its just you and me
Step four
I can give you more
Step five
Dont you know the time has arrived
(Step sex
Let's make six!)
Cowgirl said at 8:35 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
very cool pics. and your clever quote ...
DocEna said at 8:36 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
GREAT SHOT EDU ..ONDE É??
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:43 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Thanks, SUE.

BOB: I knew only enlightened minds would appreciate my "clever quote"...

ENALDO: Isso é um prédio antigo, no centro de São Paulo. Estive lá ontem, e acabei arriscando algumas fotos no Vale do Anhangabaú, Viaduto Santa Efigênia. Gosto daquela arquitetura, e dos efeitos gráficos que a gente consegue. Só faltou ser original (acho que todo mundo que tem uma cam já fez fotos dessas escadas em espiral algum dia...).
Tunderke said at 9:06 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Looks like my earings... .. Love steps that going nowhere .. Great pictures.
Lifequest22 said at 9:47 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
A look into infinity.
Klfillar said at 10:00 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
I have seen a lot of these spiral staircase photos before, but yours stands out. The color of the stairs make them look like they are metal which in turn makes them look very industrial.
Eduardo.affonso said at 10:06 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
TUNDE: You must have really great earings... I love steps which can take us anywyere - or nowhere, which makes no difference at all.

LINDA: Infinity is always vertiginous, isn't it?

KIMBERLY: These stairs are recovered with marble, but as the photos are b&w they do look industrial. This place deserved a longer essay, but pics weren't allowed there, and I couldn't steal more than these.
Mashpee_Paula said at 10:43 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Amazingly beautiful, Eduardo!!! Fascinating photos, and beautiful....of course!!! Thanks! :)
Btk76 said at 11:25 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!! VERTIGO!!! GREAT shots! :)
Eduardo.affonso said at 11:25 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Thanks, PAULA. These old stairs are realy eyecatching.
Debdog said at 11:27 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
these are beautiful!!!! I have seen stairway shots, but not like these! esp taken "on the sly" EXCELLENT! :) a fav :)
Rheap said at 11:31 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Fantastic shots!!! but I feel dizzy now.. :-))
Shenresi said at 11:35 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
totally fantastic, Eduardo !!
Eduardo.affonso said at 11:42 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
BTK, DEBBIE, RAY & ANGELA: Thanks a lot for your kind comments. I felt a bit dizzy, too...
SteveBrisendine said at 11:45 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Wow. Excellent shots. This would be great in the Curves group, too.
Pkeener said at 11:59 a.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
escher-eaque. sad to see the passing of another eulipion. great photos, edu. thank you for the link. sigh.
Eduardo.affonso said at 12:31 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Good idea, STEVE. And thanks for your comment.

PAM: Did you know that Henri Salvador was one of the sources of inspiration for Jobim to create bossa nova? "Dans mon île" was already bossa nova, even before bossa nova existed.
SeánanForbes said at 12:38 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Beautiful work, perfect memorial.
Candlepower said at 12:43 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Beautiful and so perfect! Thank you!
Ebucar said at 12:52 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Fundamental é mesmo o amor…
É impossivel ser feliz sozinho...

How can you gather all this in one tabblo? Henri Salvador, Rosa Passos (maravilhoooooooooosa), their smoth voices… e ainda estas fotos? A man like Salvador never dies. He’ll always be among us. I loved what he said once in an interveiw: "I don't sing, I whisper. When you whisper into the mike, you are able to transmit real feeling."
Que saudade me deu do tempo em que eu ia assitir Rosas Passos no Gate’s Pub, em Brasília, alí na 403 Sul.

É... vou ter que ‘favoritar ‘mais este. Lindas fotos. Eu não sinto vertigem.
Pkeener said at 1:32 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
edu that doesnt surprise me at all. i just listend and was so enamoured.
Liliana said at 2:56 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Túneles. Misterio. Infinito. ¿Qué más se puede pedir...? Ah... adiviná: "as escadas nao tem...".
Mirella said at 3:18 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Veramente una scala infinita, bellissime foto (stolen, you said ?) of a stair that give me a bit of angst . I remember very well Henry Salvador, it was in Italy many times and for a long time. I like his voice. He was a person full of life. Thans for remembering. Ciao
LatentE said at 4:07 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Beautiful images of a striking stairway. Almost dizzying. Looks like a whirlpool. It reminded me a little (especially the one looking up - with little texture) of the interior of the Guggenheim Museum, which has a similar spiral walkway along the interior wall of the large main area. The art work is placed along the winding path. But the walkway is so small compared to the open space interior that there's truth to the saying that the building dominates any art exhibit it might contain.
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:20 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
ELIANE: Temos mais uma coisa em comum - a paixão pela Rosa Passos. Eu a conheci em Brasília (!), cantando num bar (será o tal Gate's? É pedir demais, né?). Falei do quanto eu gostava do primeiro disco dela, que eu só conhecia através de um k7 ensebado. Ela me contou que renegava esse disco, e que não guardava nenhuma cópia. Mas me deu o telefone de um cara da gravadora, em SP, que talvez tivesse alguns de divulgação. Quando fui a SP, procurei o sujeito, e não é que ele tinha mesmo? Comprei e, anos depois, num show em Curiiba, levei pra ela autografar. Ela não acreditava que eu tivesse conseguido encontrar o disco - e jurou que nunca ia deixar que o lançassem em CD. Pena, porque é lindo de ponta a ponta. Vertiginoso, eu diria...
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:28 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
SEANAN, PAT: I'm glad you enjoyed these photos. These curves remind me of roses, sometimes.

PAM: Rosa and Henri were a perfect match. Whispers, sensibility, swing. Impossible not to fall in love wih them, uh?

LILIANA: Agora que incluí a Rosa e Henri Salvador, essas escadas, mais do que nunca, têm alma. Interessante eu não ter me lembrado deste poema quando fiz o tabblo...

LATENTE: Frank Lloyd Wright has always been one of my favorite architects - but the Guggenheim in NY was a bit disappointing when I finally visited it. It's interesting that this small stairs could evoke one of the most famous museums. Not many people would make such link.
Kw said at 6:14 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
i just have to wonder where this staircase is leading us to.
Liliana said at 7:13 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Tem e nao tem... Perdón, ¿qué hago "falando"? Era un juego de palabras y... una asociación que me vino inmediatamente. Ya tenía mi respuesta ante cualquier comentario tuyo: "Tienen el alma del fotógrafo"... ¿Te gustó? ;) Todavía no pude ver el video, sorry...
Liliana said at 7:26 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
¿Qué es esa canción eninglés con los números de los escalones...? (Je, je, muuuuuuy original el juego six/sex...).
Ebucar said at 9:43 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Liliana, não desista de ver o video. É imperdível.
Ebucar said at 9:48 p.m. on Feb 13, 2008:
Eduardo, mais uma coisa em comum. Eu não duvidaria que você tenha conhecido a Rosa Passos lá mesmo no Gate's Pub. Ela cantava muito por lá. Esta sua estória com ela é incrível. Ninguém te segura quando você quer algo, hein?
Eduardo.affonso said at 6:02 a.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
KEVIN: I know the truth (it leads us from the 1st floor to the 20th floor, or even higher - there's a terrace), but I prefer to take this staircase in a metaphorical way - so we will never know where it's leading us to.

LILIANA: Se esta escada agora tem a alma do fotógrafo, trata-se, indubitavelmente, de uma escada desalmada. Quanto à minha "clever quote", é uma musiquinha besta de uma dessas boys bands americanas (New Kids on the Block?). Coloquei só de gaiatice mesmo. E isso antes de saber da morte do Henri Salvador. Aí incluí o PS no tabblo, e a brancadeira ficou meio perdida.

ELIANE: Se a sua teoria (da minha teimosia taurina conseguir tudo que quer) estiver certa, então temos que começar um abaixo-assinado pra ela mudar de idéia e lançar o disco. É de uma fase dela pré-bossa-nova (sim, havia vida inteligente na Rosa Passos mesmo antes de ela resolver ser a João Gilberto de saias). Ela é uma compositora inspirada (melodias encorpadas, sem recursos fáceis) e acho que, se a bossa nova ganhou com as releituras dela, a MPB perdeu muito, porque ela seria um ótimo antídoto para as mesmices pops e canções de dor-de-corno-de--sapatão que nos assolam.
Ebucar said at 9:47 a.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
Uma cantora como a Rosa não precisa de nenhum recurso, seja ele fácil ou difícil, não é mesmo?
Manda a lista que eu assino logo abaixo do seu nome :-)
Liliana said at 10:02 a.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
¡¡¡¡Escalera desalmada, es posible, sí!!!! Vas subiendo y te tira hacia abajo, te despeña , te quita escalones, salís rodando o... vacío... (Estamos ya en la fase del delirio).
Vi que lo del homenaje fue posterior, no estaba en mi primera visita...
Liliana said at 12:22 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
¿Veías "El túnel del tiempo", una serie estadounidense, de chiquito? Estas imágenes me recordaron ese túnel, al que entraban los dos aigos (¿Jack y Peter?) .
Eduardo.affonso said at 3:35 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
Realmente, essas escadas lembram (vagamente...) o Túnel do Tempo, seriado do qual eu era aficcionado quando criança. Os personagens (pelo menos aqui no Brasil) se chamavam Tony e Doug. O que me deixava encasquetado era que eles conseguiam parar em qualquer lugar e em qualquer época - menos o aqui e o agora. E tinham um faro apurado para estar na hora errada no lugar errado (num foguete que ia explodir em Cabo Canaveral, num naviozinho chamado Titanic, na batalha crucial da I Guerra, e por aí vai). E, claro, falavam todas as línguas e nunca mudavam o curso da história... Estranho, muito estranho.
Pkeener said at 5:52 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
i guess i had better learn portuguese after all.
Leftofcenter said at 5:55 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
muito estranho.
Pkeener said at 6:05 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
muito mojito!!! i need one now!
Leftofcenter said at 6:08 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
I say muito bwana.
Eduardo.affonso said at 7:11 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
Muito bwana or muito estranho, ANNELIES??

Haven't you learnt Portuguese yet, PAM? Muito estranho...
Liliana said at 7:39 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
¿Qué diabo es lo extraño...?
Cierto, eran Tom y Doug, qué mala memoria. A mí me gustaba (además de Tom) verlos entre los romanos o en plenas guerras mundiales y reconocer esos hechos. Y saber que se salvarían, claro. Ja,ja, era más ingenua qe vos (y más chica...).
Setu said at 12:07 p.m. on Feb 15, 2008:
It's like moving into an illusion ! Great shots !
Jigs said at 9:15 p.m. on Feb 16, 2008:
One word - VERTIGO! I could stare at the photos and hypnotize myself into oblivion.
Mjpileggi said at 2:41 p.m. on Feb 20, 2008:
Fabulous photos Eduardo! I love the first one and hope you have it enlarged an hung in your house to enjoy. Perfect!
EMA said at 6:04 p.m. on Feb 24, 2008:
Fantastic staircase. Awesome eye ilusion.
Very cool photos.
Sirnicolay said at 4:23 a.m. on May 6, 2008:
Spectacular pictures!
Franc2b said at 12:42 p.m. on Jun 23, 2009:
Abyssimal! Like the void Henri Salvador left us with.
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