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Limited edition postcard collection from the Under The Blackbird’s Eye project photo exhibition.

Each pack contains 18 postcards and the box is numbered and signed by the author (limited edition of 500 collections).

Price per box: 15€.

One third of the sale value will revert to help the Kosovar enclave’s children.

We ship worldwide (Portugal: 3.00€; Europe: 4.00€; Other countries: 4.00€)

• HOW TO ORDER

Mail request to xaviermartinsphoto@gmail.com

• PAYMENT METHODS

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After processing your request by e-mail you will be provided with the payment and shipment details.

Through his daily life with the local population, he portrays all the ethnic, age and social groups, especially those living in the enclaves. These images are like snapshots, intimist photographs that reflect raw and spontaneous feelings, in a sometimes-hostile environment.

The project Under the Blackbird’s Eye stems from the idea of returning to Kosovo and portraying the same people ten years later.

The word Kosovo means blackbird, and it is under its eye that the homonym region has lived since the beginning of times.

The blackbird’s passive stare is mirrored in the photographer’s attentive look: two records of the same subject, with a decade in between.

A number of the collected images have been selected and will now be exhibited with two goals:

- Returning to Kosovo in an attempt to photograph the same people.

- Supporting the humanitarian aid organizations operating locally.

The completion of this first stage is based on the sale of the exhibited works, of the exhibition’s catalogue and of a series of postcards, as well as the raising of donations and support.

The second stage will be based on a new exhibition, where the portraits taken in 1999/2000 will be shown side by side with those of 2009/2010; it will also be accompanied by a catalogue and a series of postcards, and will be complemented with the publishing of a book with all the photographs.

Again, part of the profits will be directed to supporting the same humanitarian aid organizations.

Através da vivência diária com a população local, retrata todos os grupos étnicos, etários e sociais, com maior incidência nos habitantes dos enclaves. São instantâneos, fotografias intimistas, que reflectem sentimentos crus e espontâneos, em ambientes por vezes hostis.

O projecto Under the Blackbird’s Eye surge da ideia de voltar ao Kosovo e retratar as mesmas pessoas dez anos depois.

A palavra Kosovo significa melro, ou blackbird, e é sob o seu olhar que a região homónima tem vivido desde sempre.

O olhar passivo do melro é espelhado no olhar atento do fotógrafo: dois registos do mesmo tema, com uma década de permeio,

Do conjunto de imagens recolhidas fez-se uma selecção que será agora exposta com dois objectivos:

- Permitir o regresso ao Kosovo para tentar fotografar as mesmas pessoas.

- Apoiar as organizações de ajuda humanitária que desenvolvem trabalho no local.

A concretização desta primeira fase assenta na venda dos trabalhos exposto, do catálogo e de uma colecção de postais, bem como na angariação de donativos e apoios.

A segunda fase basear-se-á numa nova exposição, onde os retratos de 1999/2000 surgirão lado a lado com os de 2009/2010, acompanhada do respectivo catálogo e colecção de postais e também da publicação de um livro.

Uma vez mais, parte dos lucros reverterão a favor das mesmas organizações de ajuda humanitária.