God ’less
America by Mr. Esgar
Traficantes Ilimitados Agosto 2010
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ever thought of me as a photographer. In fact
photos. I guess António Luís was very proud of me!
for the last 20 years I’ve not even owned a
All those photos were kept on an hard drive for
camera. The only reason for that was the fact that I
almost an year, until I was invited by another friend,
never had the skills to capture on film what I could
valter hugo mãe, to post my works on his blog.
see... That’s why, early on my twenties, I decided just
Thought that could be interesting to show some of
to draw and paint and leave photography for those
them to an audience beyond my friends so I’ve cho-
who could explore it as an artistic expression.
sen 99 photos to publish on a daily basis. (For this
In the summer of 2007 my friend António Luís,
book, I kept out some of them).
who is aware of my long time passion for north
The initial idea for this series came from the title
american pop culture icons and landscape, knew I
of a LP released by Crypt Records: God ‘Less
was traveling to the United States and gave me one
America. As in the record, I’ve tried to choose not
of his cameras. While driving me to the airport he
postcards but a more “obscure” side of America; a
told me: “Man, don’t come back unless you bring
realistic “landscape” not as shown on Hollywood
1000 photos!”. Still not thinking of me as a pho-
movies or as you can shoot on touristic sites. Forget
tographer, even with a camera on my hands after
the Statue of Liberty. Here you’ll find empty streets
almost 20 years, I couldn’t disappoint him. While
and lonely people. The real America, not the blessed
on the road, for 4 weeks and through 13 states, I
by God.
started shooting almost everything I saw and return to Portugal, with not 1000, but more than 4000
Esgar Acelerado August, 2010
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All pictures by Esgar Acelerado (c) 2007 www.mr-esgar.com
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(c) Traficantes Ilimitados Agosto 2010