Fotografías / Photographs: Luis Cobelo
Impresión / Printing: Grafilur. Bilbao, España
Tapa dura / Hard Cover 24x30 cm
104 Páginas / Pages
Impreso en dos papeles / Printing in two papers
Fotografías / Photographs: Luis Cobelo
Impresión / Printing: Grafilur. Bilbao, España
Tapa dura / Hard Cover 24x30 cm
104 Páginas / Pages
Impreso en dos papeles / Printing in two papers
Zurumbático es un viaje sin final al lugar donde nació la obra literaria del escritor Gabriel García Márquez: “Cien años de soledad”. Una historia repleta de esa esencia extraordinaria, contenida en miles de pueblos latinoamericanos, raíces de un gigantesco hemisferio empírico, pasional, olvidado, voluble, violento, improvisado y sobre todas las cosas, feliz.
Aracataca es la tierra natal del escritor, la cual fue inspiración para crear su singular Macondo. Este sitio y sus alrededores, cerca de la zona del caribe colombiano, es mi punto de partida. El leitmotiv fue el libro, y el resultado, un cúmulo de imágenes que se revelaron inéditas y espontáneas; un proceso de auto exploración íntimo, poético, mágico, ensoñador, en ocasiones doloroso, cargado de simbolismo e historias enigmáticas, conectadas con esta forma de ser continente y que, para mí, significaron un renacer como individuo que se nutrió de esa médula espinal sangrante latinoamericana.
Zurumbático es un túnel de sentimientos, sensaciones, efectos y eventos especiales, en el que entro y salgo cuando lo deseo. Inmerso en esa dimensión, comprendí y reconfirmé que lo insólito, lo cotidiano, lo cómico, incluso lo trágico, no tiene explicación, no se pregunta ni se busca.
Es eso y ya.
Zurumbático is an endless journey to the place where “ One hundred years of solitude”, the literary work of the writer Gabriel García Márquez was born. A story full of extraordinary essence, contained in thousands of Latin American villages, roots of a gigantic empirical hemisphere, passionate, forgotten, fickle, violent, improvised and above all, happy.
Aracataca is the writer’s native town where the inspiration for his unique Macondo originates. This place and its surroundings, close to the Caribbean region of Colombia, is my starting point. The leitmotiv was the book, and the result, was a great series of unique and spontaneous images; an intimate process of self-exploration, poetic, magical, dreamy, ocasionally painful, charged with symbolism a nd enigmatic stories, connected with being a continent and that, for me, meant a rebirth as an individual who has nourished himself with that bleeding Latin American spinal cord.
Zurumbático is a tunnel of feelings, sensations, impressions and especial events, in which I enter and leave as I wish. Immersed in this dimension, I understood and reconfirmed that the unusual, the everyday, the comic, even the tragic, has no explanation, neither asked nor sought.
It is what it is.
Zurumbaticadas
BURN Magazine EPF 2017 – SHORT LIST feature
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Shortlisted books – Best Photography Book of the PhotoEspaña PHE18
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Lens Culture / FEATURE Zurumbático
By Jim Casper- Taking his cues from the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s most famous novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Venezuelan photographer Luis Cobelo captures photos of real people and places in South America to create his own mythical...
YET Magazine / Recovering a lost word
Veronica Sanchis (VS): How long ago did you begin your project Zurumbático? Luis Cobelo (LC): 10 years ago I was in Aracataca, the place where the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez was born, doing a story focused on the women of the book "One...
Lens Culture / Photobooks 2017 – 5 personal favorites
What photobooks stood out to fellow photographers, book publishers and editors over the past year? We’ve gathered a diverse, eclectic list of 25 “personal favorites” from 2017—filled with inspiration and discovery for the new year! On the top floor of...
MUSEEMAGAZINE / Zurumbático Book Review
Luis Cobelo’s Zurumbático is more than a word; it is an entire mind-set. Zurumbático is an exhibit, a book, a film and even a gif. This project was inspired by the photographer’s ardent admiration of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel...
MEDIUM / Zurumbático at Cortona on the Move (Interview with Luis Cobelo)
From August 13th until the 17th I attended the Cortona On the Move Photography Festival in Cortona, Italy. Here are some of the photography exhibits and workshops that interested me the most. I was lucky enough to talk with Luis Cobelo about his exhibition...
Fish Eye Magazine / To Macondo with Luis Cobelo
Yellow butterflies, the insomnia plague, gipsy ice sellers. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ Macondo is a place of poetic imagery. For the 50th anniversary of the writer’s masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Venezuelan photographer Luis Cobelo recreates...
El País Semanal / Zurumbático, regreso a Macondo
El zurumbático es un lelo, pasmado, aturdido. También es el nombre de este proyecto fotográfico que rinde homenaje a Aracataca, el territorio colombiano que inspiró ‘Cien años de soledad’, de García Márquez, cuando se cumple el 50º aniversario de su...
PHMuseum / A Personal Journey Towards Magic Realism
Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Luis Cobelo started a visual exploration from the little Colombian village of Aracataca in search of himself and the unexpected. Macondo is the imaginary village where Gabriel Garcia...
Zurumbáticos
Por el Mundo / Around the World
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