Photographer • Storyteller • Artist • Mathematician • Stranger in a Strange Land • bio.site/mandolinaes

Joined March 2009
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“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲.” Photography, to me, is like capturing whispers of time. Each snapshot is a heartbeat, a fleeting moment of beauty, joy, or sorrow, immortalized forever. Through my lens, I embrace the world, feeling its rhythm, its hidden stories. It's a dance of light and shadow, where every color, every curve tells a silent tale. When I photograph, I'm not just an observer; I become part of the moment, connected deeply with the world's soul. It's a profound, almost spiritual experience, where each click of the shutter is an affirmation of life's incredible tapestry. In this art, I find my voice, my solace, and my joy. Photography is not just about what I see, but how I feel. It's my love letter to the world, a way to say, "I see you, I feel you, and you are beautiful.”
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Let’s see your leaf photos! 🍃📸 “Nature’s artwork is painted one leaf at a time.”
Let’s see your leaf photos! 🍃📸 “Nature’s artwork is painted one leaf at a time.”
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There’s no right or wrong way to live through this. There’s only your way. What matters is that you’re present for it, that you’re not living it halfway while waiting for something better to arrive. Every day you choose to be fully here, even imperfectly, is a day that counts. Life doesn’t wait until you feel completely ready or completely healed. Life happens while you’re deciding whether to take part in it or not.
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The mountains don’t wave goodbye. They just wait to see if you’ll look.
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Show me a view you can't forget! here’s mine…
Show me a view you can't forget! here’s mine…
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Beatriz retweeted
Replying to @Bramald_
Of course!! 💙
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fragments of life
fragments of life
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Our eyes are naturally drawn to contrast, which is why monochrome photos can feel so dramatic and powerful. 🩶📷
Our eyes are naturally drawn to contrast, which is why monochrome photos can feel so dramatic and powerful. 🩶📷
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Sometimes all we need is a single breath of life to keep going.
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Every time you post something real, you’re walking straight into the arena of your deepest fears: being seen as too much, not enough, weird, arrogant, vulnerable. But each “post” is a tiny initiation, a chance to feel the tremble in your chest and still choose to be visible anyway. Over time, this rewires the nervous system: the fear loses its grip. You start living more freely offline too. Underrated daily shadow practice.
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Blue art
my friends, can I please some very blue art thanks
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We are not 'early'... we are SO late. It's just nostalgia not allowing you to realize that the future happened years ago.
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At 1900 meters, with the fog still deciding whether to let us through. We got up here by cable car, and from there, on foot. The path opened up between loose rock and that wall of stone that seemed to be watching over the whole valley, while the clouds came down to try their luck against the summit. I didn't know if it was going to rain, or if it was going to clear up, I just knew I had to keep walking. Los puertos de Áliva waiting on the other side of all this.
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My second week of vacation has been a disaster. Still, I think the real mistake is letting other people make me doubt the things I’m excited about.
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A while back @openshutter21 gave me a real boost by introducing my work to his followers, and it meant a lot at a time when I needed it. If you’re not following him yet, do yourself a favor and check out his photography. Talent like this deserves to be seen.
I wanted push my photography outside of my normal so I went to the beach with the goal of doing something different. As soon as I saw this girl standing between these two beach palms, I knew... This is the end result.
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Despite everything… “I’m” still here
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Today the body asked for a closer look, and I had no say in it. A hospital room, a test, the same fluorescent quiet I know too well. I’m not afraid of this… I’m just tired of how often it shows up uninvited. Still here. Still breathing. Still mine.
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They way I see the world
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Wallpaper challenge..
Wallpaper challenge..
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I miss days like these. Surrounded by nature, silence, and animals, far away from everything else. And the cow at the end of the video looks genuinely offended that I interrupted her day, like saying, “What are you looking at?” 😂🐄
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