David Burdeny Saudade - The Iris Gallery of Fine Art Iris Gallery of Fine Art [email protected] 617.895.8951|970.429.1010|413.429.6878 “Saudade” — New Work From Iceland, China

David Burdeny – Saudade

The Iris Gallery of Fine Art Photography617-895-8951| 970.429.1010 | 413.429-6878

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“Saudade” — New Work From Iceland, China and Brazil

“Saudade is the organizing theme for this work. It’s a unique Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. A taxi driver introduced me to this concept as I made the 4-hour journey between Jericoacoara and São Luís in northeast Brazil. Roughly stated, it refers to a longing, a melancholy, a desire for what was or what could be – a desire to be someplace anywhere but the present. “In this instance, I’m photographing the landscape as a sort of dream state where we float above and wander through with no prescribed destination. The figures and landscapes in these images are neither of this world or the other, but in between. Collected over a 6-year period in Iceland, China and Brazil the images chronicle a landscape that shifts from primitive and raw to one of escape and beauty. “The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness. ~ In Portugal of 1912, A. F. G. Bel” — David Burdeny

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Rice Terraces, (Laohuzui I), Yunnan, China, 2013

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Available as an Archival Pigment Ink Printfor traditional framing, or a Light Jet Print for face-mounting

signed, David Burdeny



Rice Terraces, (Laohuzui II), Yunnan, China, 2013






Rice Terraces, (Duoyishu), Yunnan, China, 2013






Salt Farms, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 2014






Fish Farms, Bima, Indonesia, 2014






Seaweed Farms I, Bali, Indonesia, 2014






Seaweed Farms II, Bali, Indonesia, 2014






Skjalfandi River I, Iceland, 2013






Skjalfandi River II, Iceland, 2013






Braided River I, Iceland, 2008






Ice Fishing, Brainerd, Minnesota, 2014






Desert Walk (Dispursed), Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Desert Walk (Group), Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Lagoa Bonita, Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Desert Walk (Resting), Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Lençóis Maranhenses 3, 2013






Rain Over Lençóis Maranhenses I, 2013






Rain Over Lençóis Maranhenses II, 2013






Rain Over Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013Diptych






Rio Azule I, Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Rio Azule II, Lençóis Maranhenses, 2013






Goalposts I, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2013






Goalposts II, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.2013






Soccer Match, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013






Tatesuna, Kamigamo-jinja, Kyoto, Japan, 2012






Torii Gate, Koyasan, Japan, 2012





David Burdeny Saudade - The Iris Gallery of Fine Art Iris Gallery of Fine Art [email protected] 617.895.8951|970.429.1010|413.429.6878 “Saudade” — New Work From Iceland, China

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