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A Un Gato
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A Un Gato

by Alberto Patiño

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 16, 2017145 views2 comments
From a small collection that I assembled from among my thousands (really) of cat photographs - every single one a rescue cat - , to illustrate what is perhaps the most beautiful poem ever written about a cat, by the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. You can read the original poem together with the best English translation that I was able to find here
I can never read this poem without getting goosebumps...

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Don Young on June 17, 2017 at 6:41 PM
Excellent!  Love the detail in the paw!  The background explains the rest.  Very good indeed! 
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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on June 17, 2017 at 8:19 PM
Alberto: the photon really evokes the essence of cat. Did you shoot one with less of the foreground oof area? Think a version like that would be a good alternative. Richard
Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments