Lucilene Lisboa Rehberg Photographer It was by chance that I met this girl in Dusseldorf, last year. We met again in Liechtenstein and then, one more time in Porto, in a exhibition where she showed us an amazing work. Those generous hands, those colors, that fruit, the light, lines and curves could tell how much her talent excels. I think about her smile and her look, somehow they always stand out in the photos. Urucum was our first meeting. This year we had an opportunity to do an interview. But I thought to myself and decided to challenge us a little bit: We won’t do any interview. I suggest her to send me a picture which should outline what cultural baggage she carries along with her. A picture that shows all symbolic and important moments in her life. I got really curious about what I was suppossed to receive. She took a time to send me it, which increased my curiosity. I received the photo. I had had the feeling that I would like it, but it was still better than I thought. I will try to describe here what I saw and what I would like to share with you.
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In the pink sky, how much strenght, how delicate, it’s impossible to not stare at it. Suddenly, I saw with my eyes, in front of me, what she had told me. From the sertão, where she came to the world and then, soon, flew to São Paulo, a Brazilian megalometropole that houses so many superlatives and by coincidence – shall we believe it’s just coincidence or destiny? In São Paulo there are the largest Japanese community outside Japan and also the largest number of German companies. We could say it was made by fate, irony or to consolidate her own history. It was in Japan that their children were born, more precisely in Tokyo. And... is her husband Japanese? No, he is a German! Two people arrived in Japan, four left from there: a family. They lived for a total of 10 years in Asia, Tokyo, but also in Hong Kong. Then back to west, within the spirit of curiosity to live with cultural diversity, openness to others, they chose the Heidelberg city to stay.
