Amor Fati

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I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one’s burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

“The Myth of Sisyphus”, Albert Camus.

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José Pablo Salinas Nolasco is a young mexican architect, who lives in Paris, he grew up inside a conservative family, in an industrial city from northern Mexico. At these moment, he works in both parts his artistic and professional career. This portfolio is his first approach to photography and the compilation of his first photographic material. Made over a year, in which he made his first visit to Europe, as a product of his career as an architect, and in which he established a relationship with Céline, also an amateur photographer, with whom he made several trips arround Europe, visiting the balcan peninsula, the baltic countries, the alps region, some european capitals and french regions, and later on back in Mexico and the US. In his first book, José Pablo explores different straightforward concepts such as love, art and nature, with a strong personal point of view

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D edicated to my brot hers, Rob erto a nd A ndrés; my mot her a nd my fat her. To my f riend s, sp ecially to Marlène. A nd to Céline, t ha n k you.

Paris, 2018.

2017 - 2018 © JPSN.

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José Pablo Salinas Nolasco