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El loco y el mar
El Fotógrafo took this photo in 1989. He was walking along the Malecon, in Miraflores, when he saw a man standing on the cliffs, waving a stick back and forth in front of the ocean, like a conductor. There were no violins or flutes or kettle drums — just the crashing of the waves on the rocks below. The stick rose in the air, sliced down, swept to the right, then rose again. He swayed back and forth, then lifted his finger to his lips: Shush. El Fotógrafo calls this diptych “Creador.” Creator.
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Scenes from Noche de Arte 2009, Opening Night
El Híjo and I accompanied El Fotógrafo to last night’s opening of Noche de Arte, in San Isidro. The art show was held in an enormous gallery owned by a Peruvian bank, and one of the amusing things about it was how the bank stayed open to accept deposits from art buyers. Oh, and did I mention that more than 400 works were for sale? The paintings were displayed in several indoor galleries. The photos were hung in an outside atrium that is not appropriate for an exhibit of delicate photographs. EF didn’t like that his photos were being exposed to the elements. Oh, well. He did complain. Technically the…