Books – Isabel Nolasco

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Da Vinha ao Vinho – A Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha do Pico e as Suas Gentes | Isabel Nolasco, Cláudia Ávila Gomes

“Reflecting the soul of the people from Pico, the viticulture and its wines are an integral part of the genetics of the people of this island. They are the memory of their ancestors, icons of their identity.
Wrapped in a cradled of stone and dreams, these are the people who transformed the ‘harsh lava into a stream of wine’, dictating the economic and demographic growth of the Municipality of Madalena.
The people of Pico are made of sea and burnt magma, who, with unwavering resilience, have built maroiços in a constant struggle for survival. Piling up the black stones into giant basalt pyramids and small currais, their ancestors subdued nature, drawing their sustenance from the cooled lava.
In this epic of stone, Madalena arose in the first quarter of the eighteenth century, in a web in which tradition and dreams intertwine, during the famous ‘vineyard revolution’, which brought more wealth, attracted new settlers and, consequently, won the longed-for emancipation.
Today, six centuries on, vineyards and wine are still their passion. Books like this celebrate it. They celebrate the memory of their ancestors, in an important contribution to preserving their collective identity.
This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of the Pico Island Vineyard Landscape, acclaimed a World Heritage Site by Unesco and considered one of the most complex structures created by man, the launch of this book takes on an even more special meaning.
This book is, in its genesis, a hymn to the People of Pico and to this Ilha Morena [the island of Pico is known as the ‘Grey Island’ or ‘Morena Island’ due to the dark colour of its stones and lava], where wine is made from the stone. Like the book, let’s always praise and preserve the memory of this meandering lava, where the most genuine identity of Pico is carved”.

Isabel Nolasco

Preface (adapted) by Catarina Isabel Gaspar Manito | President of the Municipality of Madalena.

Autors: Isabel Nolasco (photography) and Cláudia Ávila Gomes (text)

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Da Vinha ao Vinho – A Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha do Pico e as Suas Gentes | Isabel Nolasco, Cláudia Ávila Gomes.

«Refletindo a alma dos picarotos [nome popular dado aos naturais da ilha do Pico], a vitivinicultura, os seus vinhos são parte integrante da genético do povo da ilha do Pico. São a memória dos seus antepassados, ícones da sua identidade.
Embaladas num berço de pedra e sonho, os picoenses são estas Gentes que transformam a “lava agreste em jorro de vinho”, ditando o crescimento económico e demográfico do Concelho da Madalena.
O povo do Pico é feito de maresia e magma queimado, que, com resiliência inabalável, ergueu maroiços, numa luta constante pela sobrevivência. Amontoando a negra penedia em gigantes pirâmides de basalto e pequeno currais, os seus antepassados subjugaram a Natureza, retirando da lava arrefecida o seu sustento.
Nesta epopeia de pedra, fez-se a Madalena. No primeiro quartel de setecentos, numa teia, em que a tradição e o sonho se entrelaçam, nasceu este Concelho, durante a famigerada “revolução da vinha”, que permitiu multiplicar a riqueza, atrair novos colonos e, por conseguinte, conquistar a tão desejada emancipação.
Hoje, volvidos seis séculos, a vinha e o vinho continuam a ser a sua paixão. Livros como este celebram-na. Celebram a memória dos seus antepassados, num importante contributo em prol da preservação da sua identidade coletiva.
Neste ano em que se comemoram os 20 anos da Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha da Ilha do Pico, aclamada Património da Humanidade pela Unesco, e considerada uma das mais complexas estruturas criadas pelo Homem, o lançamento desta obra ganha um significado ainda mais especial.
Este livro é, na sua génese, um hino às Gentes do Pico e a esta ‘Ilha Morena’ [a ilha do Pico é conhecida como ‘Ilha Cinzenta’ ou ‘Ilha Morena’ pela coloração escura da sua pedra e lava], onde da pedra de faz vinho. Saibamos sempre, como a obra, enaltecer e preservar a memória deste serpenteado lávico, onde se esculpe a mais genuína identidade picoense».

Isabel Nolasco

Catarina Isabel Gaspar Manito, in “Prefácio” (adaptado)
Presidente da Câmara Municipal da Madalena

Autoras: Isabel Nolasco (fotografia) e Cláudia Ávila Gomes (texto)

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Timor-Leste: Do Paraíso | Husi Paraízu, Isabel Nolasco

“It was in Timor-Leste, a country where I lived for nearly 10 years, that I unleashed what I discovered to be a vocation for photography. Because Timor-Leste is of a unique, raw, and intoxicating beauty. Because the smiles and generosity of its people are directly proportional to the history of their suffering and selflessness. And because it awakens (in those who can see beyond its vulnerabilities) a desire for contemplation and an overwhelming feeling in the face of elements that impose themselves and declare themselves to our eyes: the sea, the sky, the mountains, the light. What this book shows are fragments of time and places that I photographed in Timor-Leste, coincidences or moments that I lived and recorded with emotion. These records are memories, they are portraits of a people, of their daily lives and rituals. Of their struggles and difficulties in fulfilling their days. Of their strength and unyielding smiles. Of hope, of the gaze of children who are the future. In this book, I show what my eyes saw and what, in every moment, touched me. The soul of a country and of a people engraved in moments forever stored in my camera and inseparable from my heart.”

Isabel Nolasco

*bilingual work (Portuguese and Tetum)

Preface by José Ramos-Horta | Afterword by Ana Gomes

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Latitudes da Semelhança, Isabel Nolasco

Memorable encounter of Isabel Nolasco‘s beautiful photographs with the words of 32 friends: writers, filmmakers, musicians, poets, visual artists, and photographers.

“Each photo is an idea that, through its light, enlightens us. And this is the artistic program that Isabel Nolasco proposes to us: a journey without borders through the human condition.”

Luís Filipe Sarmento (editing coordinator)

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Photography of Life and Living: The Black and White Book

It does not matter who we are and where we live. We all share the same home: Earth.

In Photography of Life and Living: The Black and White Book, Cendrine Marrouat and Isabel Nolasco invite you to learn from brief moments spent on our little planet. The book juxtaposes black-and-white street and nature photography in five different themes (movement, stillness, growth, moments, and sharing), offering photography lovers an opportunity to (re)discover their deep connections with the world.

Photography of Life and Living: The Black and White Book is the first book collaboration between Marrouat and Nolasco. The two photographers also co-founded FPoint Collective in 2019.

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