We have his permission to share and publish it. 2011/10/27 Lodewijk <[email protected]>
> A wonderful message! Thanks a lot for sharing. Is it also publicly > available? If we have more feedback like this, I hope we can share it > somewhere together. > > Best regards, > > Lodewijk > > No dia Quarta-feira, 26 de Outubro de 2011, > [email protected] escreveu: > > Dear all, >> We have received an inspiring message from the winner of the Portuguese >> competition that we would like to share with you. Ha has authorized us to >> publish and share it. I took the liberty of translating it to English for >> your enjoyment. I think it would give a very nice blog post for the european >> site. >> >> João Martinho uploaded 500 pictures of 181 different monuments in >> Portugal, and won the prize for Best Picture. He has a second picture that >> will also compete for the European prize. >> >> His message is below. >> >> Best, >> Gonçalo >> >> *Dear members of Wikimedia Portugal,* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *it was with great satisfaction that I received the news of my victory in >> the photo competition “Wiki Loves Portugal – Portugal” with the photo >> “Alameda de Pedra” captures at the Carmo Convent in Lisbon in September >> 2008.* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *I no longer recall when the interest in photography of monuments and >> landscapes awoken in me; when I think about it I believe it was always in >> me, starting with my curiosity in registering pictures of places and moments >> in my memory that had in some way moved me, I was a child still without a >> camera of my own, but I own the most important equipment a photographer >> could have: the visual sensitivity about what surrounds him.* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *With the years I started gaining enthusiasm and acquiring photographic >> equipment that allowed me to reproduce and crystalize in time that which I >> had observed in the journeys I have been doing through this world of ours. A >> trip for me is a photographic adventure. I do not travel without >> photographing!* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *As an amateur photographer, I am passionate about photography. In the >> last few years I have taken advantage of the merits of the internet to >> subscribe and participate in international forums and groups for amateur >> photographers. Within these I would highlight “BetterPhoto” and “Photoblur” >> of which I have been a member and where some of my pictures have been >> awarded (I take the liberty to add my “BetterPhoto” gallery for your >> appraisment: http://www.betterphoto.com/searchResults.asp?limit2=&szTerm=joao >> martinho&schMod=Photos&page=1&rows=16<http://www.betterphoto.com/searchResults.asp?limit2=&szTerm=joao%20martinho&schMod=Photos&page=1&rows=16>). >> However until today no other national or international award has given me >> as much satisfaction as the one I have just received. The reason is my >> passion for the natural and monumental heritage of Portugal: My first and >> best motive for photographic inspiration. I have now crowned that fondness >> with this honourable distinction.* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Our country is one of the most fortunate in terms of places and >> monuments with photographic interest. Proving it is the quantity and >> participation level achieved during the competition. Regrettably throughout >> our country I have encountered too many examples of the poor condition much >> of our historic and architectural heritage. That situation is extremely >> heart-breaking for me however I have not up to this date found the right >> “weapons” to fight the degradation of the places and buildings once living >> and noble and those who time and human neglect are slowly turning into >> regrettable ruins. Two years ago, I made an appeal to IGESPAR to undertake a >> photographic survey throughout the country of monuments that require >> restoration and preservation but my appeal fell on deaf ears. Now this >> purpose is rekindled and I would like to take the opportunity of this award >> to consolidate my mission of contributing the best way I can (through >> photographic images) to alert the competent authorities to this true SOS >> from some of the national heritage. I am aware that much has been done and >> that we have some good examples of happy interventions, namely through the >> Pousadas de Portugal, but I have that much is still to be done and from >> today I will launch in my Facebook page a new appeal “SOS – Património >> Nacional” placing photos of buildings and monuments needing intervention and >> restauration.* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *It is this way that I intend to be constructive and enterprising with >> the award I receive from you. Not as arrival point but as a starting point >> to go even beyond.* >> * * >> >> *I take the opportunity to send you my congratulations for the success of >> this initiative and applaud all the more than 250 contestants that with more >> than 16000 pictures took the opportunity to showcase the Portuguese >> monuments on the web through their respective photographs.* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *With my best regards* >> * * >> >> * >> * >> >> *João Martinho* >> >>
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