Murillo Dias

Film Photographer | Documentary Filmmaker | Beginning NFT Artist | @obscuratwt

[Murillo Dias @murillo_contato]

Very happy to be part of this huge project by The World Today by @obscuratwt . Those are part of the my job. I invite you to learn more about this beautiful project. #NFTCommunity #TWT10k #pentax67 #kodakportra400

[Murillo Dias @murillo_contato]

@heldermaldonado Parabéns

[Murillo Dias @murillo_contato]

@HugoFaz Notícia maravilhosa 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Murillo Dias @murillo_contato]

@HugoFaz @ElaineDeLucaD Força Hugo!! Não tem sido tempos fáceis. Vamos orar por você e sua família.

[HugoFaz.6259 @HugoFaz]

Coming clean:

I made “Human-Intelligence Generated OM” for @punk6529’s The Memes SZN1 card #30 using a Sora alpha build from @OpenAI 15 months ago.

[Morbeck @morbeck_art]

GN, guys ... Please, vote for my artwork to be featured on the NFT Tickets for #NFTNYC2024

https://t.co/DO9lB7FfTB

[alejandro cartagena @halecar2]

I've been writing a short text for a magazine about the transition from a Photographic Era into a Text to Image era. Here is a small part of the text:

On average, according to several sources, 1.5 trillion photos are taken worldwide every year, which equals approximately 57,000 per second, or 5.0 billion per day. The average person takes 20 photos daily. 750 billion images are on the internet, which is roughly 6% of the total photos that were ever taken since most of the photos we take are never shared. No human could ever see, understand, or reflect on these trillions of images. But a machine might.

Digital photography grew up next to the internet, and we might now consume more photographs from strangers than ever before. News has left the print form to become digital. The old family albums are now traded in for Facebook albums or an Instagram feed. We freely feed the digital beast of the internet with captioned images about who we are, what we do, and what we like. For years now, hungry algorithms have been devouring our captioned images and have learned to understand us. First, these machines made us happy because we could see our friends on our feeds. Later, they grew to feed us what we should think and why. In the middle of it all is the photograph. The now ubiquitous medium that we see as the usual and easiest way to represent the world around us.

Then, in 2015, a 19-year-old computer science student named Elman Mansimov developed a technology that could create images from texts. An algorithm trained on thousands of images could now create new, never-before-seen images with natural language. A breakthrough that even Elman might not have foreseen the impact it would have on our lives today. But why? Why did we get to this? My proposition is that as a collective culture, we understood that we could a) find patterns of how we have seen and captured the world in images, b) try to make use of so much visual garbage we ́ve produced (especially the trillions and trillions of photographs in existence) and c) humans tend to thrive by understanding patterns. We ́ve done this for survival reasons, to create cognitive efficiency, to learn, adapt, and innovate, to understand ourselves socially, and mostly because we want meaning and order in our lives, and pattern recognition offers this to us...

🖼️ @elmanmansimov: "A stop sign is flying in blue skies" collected by @delronde

[HugoFaz.6259 @HugoFaz]

Gm!

This is our tribute to the Believers, those who hold fast to the conviction that within every wound lies the potential for a new dawn.

Even when faced with insurmountable odds, the human spirit will find a way to weave its scars into something transcendent.

[HugoFaz.6259 @HugoFaz]

Gm to the buidlers, painters, runners, and all those on a mission for decentralization!

[Murillo Dias @murillo_contato]

@obscuradao Beautiful ❤️🙏🏾🌱

[Obscura @obscuradao]

⚡️Introducing the Obscura Permanent Collection📸

In our drive to highlight photography and foster artists, we’ll invest a total of 2 ETH per month to curate and collect art from our community.

The art will be featured in the Obscura Museum we're building.

Every two weeks we’ll celebrate Photo Friday, announcing the works we acquire and inviting the selected artists on stage.

📅Mark your calendars for our first open call tomorrow!

Shoutout to our founder @tonyherrera for making this possible.❤️

VOTE
How do you want Obscura to spend this Friday’s 1 ETH?

🔁RT and comment why!

[linus @linusnhiscamera]

the double edged sword of sharing your artwork online for years in the hopes of getting hired based on your unique style and hard work and then seeing a brand or another creator do something similar for a huge brand or campaign and knowing that your work was the whole pitch deck

[Berto ⚡️ @bertosfilmbag]

Film Fact of the Day:

I was looking into this now discontinued film stock Kodak Plus-X pan and discovered that the famous portrait of Che Guevara happens to have been shot on this exact stock in 35mm on a Leica M2 by photographer Alberto Korda in March of 1960.

[linus @linusnhiscamera]

scanned polaroids at the golden globes last night for @NYMag / @vulture! 10 minutes after they were shot, they'd be fully dry and ready to scan. i sat a foot (like, one foot fr) from where the photographs were being taken by legendary photographer lucas michael. so grateful 🎞️🏆

[UnknownCollector @UnknownCo123]

Most artists here are just so incredibly early in their careers that it’s almost criminal to tell them to stay within one style.

Being an artists is a lifelong journey. To stop experimenting already at the beginning is cutting off the flower before bloom.

If an artist feels one style is serving their vision and they need to explore it to the maximum, than that’s awesome.

If an artists feels stuck in one style and it can’t serve their vision anymore and they move on, than that’s awesome.

Let’s bury the blueprints and leave art room to breathe and flourish in this space.

[Obscura @obscuradao]

gm 🥂

2023 was a challenging year but also full of amazing partnerships, exhibitions & new experiments for Obscura.

Thank you all for being a part of our journey this year, we wish you all a Happy New Year!

Mint a free commemorative "Toad Worship" artwork on @ourZORA 💫⤵️

[FirstGlance Film Festivals- Checkmark since 2019 @FirstGlanceFilm]

Happy Holidays to our friends and filmmakers! Here's to an amazing 2024!! #SupportIndieFilm

[alejandro cartagena @halecar2]

Adding to this idea of DIFFICULT IMAGES, when you create art for you, you should strive to push questions into the process that expand your ideas of beauty, art and culture.

It’s not about building a bubble, making pretty pictures and checking the box that you did it for yourself, but do art that questions who you are as a human being. If not, even if you do it for yourself, it is just being complacent which in turn will get the same kind of people looking and the same kind of reactions you had.

[Obscura @obscuradao]

Community Spotlight November #2 Open Call ✨

Obscurians, it's that time again! Share your ART in this tweet, and we'll pick artists to shine in our next COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT round 🧡

Guidelines:

1) Tag your creative frens & follow our curators 🤝

@gillpedroso
@taiimazz
@WimVanCappellen

2) Like and Retweet 🔄

3) Post from 1 to 4 works (minted or not). A few words about you and your art or series is a plus! 🎨💫

[Obscura @obscuradao]

🌟 Community Spotlight November is now open! 🌟

Hey Obscurians, it's that time again! Share your ART in this tweet, and we'll pick artists to shine in our next COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT, to be released next week 🧡

Guidelines:

1) Tag 3 of your creative frens & follow our fantastic curators 🤝

@gillpedroso
@taiimazz
@WimVanCappellen

2) Like and Retweet

3) Post from 1 to 4 works (minted or not). A few words about you and your art is a plus! 🎨✨

[Fellowship @fellowshiptrust]

Even after 200 years of photography’s invention, we still don’t fully understand it as an art form. In these weekly posts, we bring iconic images from the Photographic Era and try to understand why they are such important objects.

↓ Today, let's look into'Guerrillero Heroico' by Alberto Korda

Alberto Korda's iconic photograph, known as 'Guerrillero Heroico,' is an enduring symbol of the revolutionary spirit and a testament to the power of a single image to shape history and popular culture. This photograph, captured on March 5, 1960, has become one of the world's most famous and recognized images, despite its modest beginnings.

👁‍🗨 The Moment of Capture: On that fateful day, Korda was in downtown Havana, where a funeral march was held to commemorate the sailors and stevedores who lost their lives in the explosion of the French vessel La Coubre, which was carrying a cargo of grenades and munitions. Amidst the crowd, Korda positioned himself with his Leica M2 camera fitted with a 90mm lens. As he panned the podium, the charismatic figure of Ernesto "Che" Guevara moved into his frame, and Korda seized the moment. He took two shots, one horizontally and another vertically, with the latter becoming the iconic image we know today.

👁‍🗨Che's Stoic Expression: Korda's photograph captures a defining moment in Che Guevara's life. The image portrays Che's characteristic stoicism and "absolute implacability." His resolute and unwavering gaze into the future, framed against the backdrop of revolutionary fervor, makes this photograph a visual manifesto of his commitment to the cause.

👁‍🗨Obscurity to Prominence: Though the image was not immediately published, Korda preserved it in his private collection. It was not until 1967 when Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, an Italian publisher, sought a portrait of Che Guevara, that Korda's photograph emerged from obscurity. Korda provided Feltrinelli with copies of the print, which the publisher reproduced as promotional posters for Guevara's posthumous book.
Global Icon and Symbol of Rebellion: Che Guevara's image, as captured by Korda, quickly became a symbol of rebellion and anti-imperialism. It transcended geographical boundaries, language barriers, and cultural divides, becoming an emblem of hope and defiance for those seeking change. Jim Fitzpatrick's stylized rendering further propelled the image's popularity.

👁‍🗨 Korda's Legacy: Alberto Korda never sought financial gain from the photograph's widespread use. For him, the image was a testament to his work and a contribution to humanity. In his own words, "I had the luck to take this photo and leave something for humanity." His legacy lives on through this powerful photograph that inspires and resonates with people worldwide.

Korda's iconic photograph of Che Guevara, 'Guerrillero Heroico,' is not just a snapshot but a symbol of a revolutionary era. Its journey from obscurity to global recognition demonstrates the enduring impact of a single image in shaping history and leaving an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of generations. 💡