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...a black and white wonder... (...)"
Sandra Oliveira | Notícias Magazine, 18th August 2002
"(...) ...magnificent photographs... (...)"
Eduardo Prado Coelho | Público, 30th July 2002
"(...) The St. Vincent Coast has a close friend. (...)João
Mariano keeps in his books the soul of the SW... (...)"
Inês Silva Jorge | Jornal de Letras, 6th February 2002
"(...) In "In-Depth Work", João Mariano documents, through
a number of high quality photographs, the activity of the
algae pluckers in the Portuguese coast. (...) He manipulates
the concept of time, stretching it in images with strong visual
impact, where shapes dilute or crystallise themselves in the
magmatic grey of the sea... (...)"
Ana Ruivo | Expresso (Cartaz), 8th December 2001
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The magic is there, in the contrasts of agitation, fury
and placidity; it is in the wind that impels the waves and
in the hissing sound that passes through the crannies of
the rocks. The dark sea and the waves of an enigmatic white
open up like a door to a harsh world. (...) Calm waters
that seem immovable, rough waters that rise threateningly.
Waves bursting against the cliffs of the coasts, distorted
giants sculptured on the rocks. Forms and contours immersed
between the shadow of the coves and the light that gushes
from fissures of the cliffs. An enigmatic, fantastic and
mystical beauty. All of this fixed by the masterly and talented
camera of João Mariano."
Vilhena Mesquita (President of the Association of Journalists
and Writers of the Algarve) STILUS magazine January 2001
"(…) A sensitive and dazzling experience, transported in
light variations. (…)"
Lúcia Marques | Expresso (cultural supplement), Saturday,
19th February 2000
"(…) … an extraordinary collection of moments … (…)"
XIS magazine, Saturday, 5th February 2000
"(…) "Life at the sea is very dramatic ", says João Mariano,
and his photographs are the perfect scenario for that tragedy.
They have an excessive size, they are panoramic as if trying
to pull the horizon, they frame a cloudy sky on a gigantic
stone, with a small black dot, am almost imperceptible man,
on the left, on one of the extremities of the rock, holding
a fishing rod. (…)"
Kathleen Gomes | Público, Friday, 4th February 2000
"(…) …an uncommon and surprising group of images. (…)"
Visão 7, Thursday, 3rd February 2000
"(…) … this album is to be run through and appreciated at
one's own pace. As these images deserve."
Sandra Oliveira | Notícias Magazine, Sunday, 30th January
2000
O imenso atelier de Mariano. (…)
Público | Revista Pública,
Domingo, 30 de Janeiro de 2000
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a most beautiful album with photographs from João Mariano.
(...) They are magnificent. (...)" O Independente, 25th August
2000
"(…) With the barnacle grabbers he makes his first and extremely
strong book-exhibition, Sea Warriors. It is a photographic
and anthropologic discovery of the hard labour of barnacle
grabbers like medieval horsemen looking for the Grail in the
fine line dividing the strength of the sea from the hardship
of the rocks. (…)"
Sandra Oliveira | Notícias Magazine, 30th January 2000
"(…) ...a remarkable "engagée" and high risk reportage on
barnacle grabbing… (…)"
Lúcia Marques | Expresso (Supplement Cartaz) 18th December
1999
"A work dedicated to barnacle grabbers (...) whose work has
been magistrally registered by the photographer (...) With
this work, and confirming all his works we have known so far
and all that has been published in the issues of the Forum
Group, we are sure that João Mariano will be a great name
in the future of Portuguese photography. "
Super Foto Prática, January 1999
"I have lost track of how many books I've read. But I can
assure you that, after several thousands that came by me,
I have recently discovered one that could become one of the
books of my life. (...) The photographer João Mariano has
gone down to hell with the barnacle grabbers (...) and has
made one of the most extraordinary reportages I've ever seen.(...)"
Hélder Pacheco | Jornal de Notícias, 1st October 1998
" (...) "Sea Warriors" is a double discovery: as a document
and as the work of a young photographer (...) (...) These
are indeed magnificent pictures, all of them revealing the
emotion the author instils in them."
Jornal de Letras 12th August 1998
"A photographic adventure (...)"
Margarida Medeiros | Público 17th July 1998
"(...) A document on extreme labour conditions and a rare
photographic adventure, (...) the images have the raw and
hard austerity that action photographs must have." Expresso
(Suplemento Cartaz) 11th July 1998
"(...) The displayed photographs show the merger between these
men and the sea, a difficult symbiosis but with a strong plastic
effect. (...)"
Correio da Manhã, 4th July 1998
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"It is not easy to understand emotions when they burst with
such violence and also with such a peace we thought no longer
existed. But it is not necessary to understand: all it is
required to be permanently available to be fascinated and
seduced. João Mariano's photographs are more than a Picture
of an art and a culture: privileges can be shared like this
- without words and without sounds. "
Revista SUL, Winter 2000 | 2001
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