Intentar resumir una jornada como la de Sant Jordi en imágenes es muy difícil. Creo de verdad que tiene que vivirse.
Digo que tiene que vivirse porque es un día que tiene mucho de emoción, de piel … y difícilmente puedes llegar a transmitirlo en una imagen sobre todo cuando una es una "fotógrafa-patata-frita" como yo.
Además, a la hora que yo pude acercarme al centro con mi cámara aquello era la guerra. Bueno qué digo guerra?? Aquello era una guerra de guerrillas porque encontrabas pequeñas emboscadas a cada paso. Sólo alguien que se haya atrevido a pasear por la Rambla Catalunya a las 7 de la tarde del día de Sant Jordi sabe a lo que me refiero.
Pero como la fotografía, en definitiva capta lo que hay... el caos y las avalanchas de gente luchando por llegar a las paradas de fotos que váis a ver en las fotos es la pura realidad de lo que fue esa tarde.
Lo que ya no puedo haceros llegar a través de ellas es el aroma a rosas y libros nuevos (y también viejos), el rumor de miles de personas en la calle, el calorcito de esa tarde, y el brillo de los ojos de muchos enamorados. Para eso más vale que el próximo Sant Jordi os déis un paseo por aquí.
It's almost impossible to review Sant Jordi's day in photos. This day has to be lived.
I say this because it's a day full of emotions and it's very difficult to capture all them in a photo, above all if one is a "sorcerer's-apprentice-photographer" as I am.
In addition to this I must say that I only could go to the center at 19:00 and it was the WAR! What is more, it was a kind of "guerrilla war" since I found ambushes every step I took. Only who has ever fallen into the temptation of walking Rambla Catalunya at that hour of Sant Jordi's day can understand what I'm trying to say.
Anyway, you know, photography catch the moment so what you are going to see in these pictures, even if not perfect, is what was happening in Barcelona that day.
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It's almost impossible to review Sant Jordi's day in photos. This day has to be lived.
I say this because it's a day full of emotions and it's very difficult to capture all them in a photo, above all if one is a "sorcerer's-apprentice-photographer" as I am.
In addition to this I must say that I only could go to the center at 19:00 and it was the WAR! What is more, it was a kind of "guerrilla war" since I found ambushes every step I took. Only who has ever fallen into the temptation of walking Rambla Catalunya at that hour of Sant Jordi's day can understand what I'm trying to say.
Anyway, you know, photography catch the moment so what you are going to see in these pictures, even if not perfect, is what was happening in Barcelona that day.
What I can't convey through these images is the aroma of the roses and books, the sound of thousands of people walking the city, the heat of that evening or the sparkle in lovers' eyes. To feel all these feelings you'd better come to Barcelona next year.
(Photos by Y tan flamenca! Please, don't use them without permission)
