THE CONTRAST BEYOND THE PHOTO OR THE CONTRASTS OF THE "ISLAND OF MAGIC

Abstract

In photography, contrast is the difference between the darkest and the lightest areas of an image, delimiting what is visible and what is not. The cover image portrays some of the contrasts of Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina. On Esteves Júnior Street, located in the central limits of the city, artificial lights reveal details of the European colonial architecture, in a perpetual present that contrasts with modern buildings in the background. In the darkness, among the mountains of the island that embellish the tourist landscapes, the unseen at the end of Esteves Júnior Street is the shelter of the communities Alto da Caeira and Serrinha, hidden not only by the hill itself on a rainy winter night, but also in the daily life of the tourist city, folklorically known as "Magic Island". Florianopolis keeps vivid the historical contrasts of "what" and "who appears", and about this the photograph gives us a hint.