Shot during a three-month anticlockwise journey around Portugal's borders. We are outside cities, out in the fields and woods, in small town circuses, with the lunatics and acrobats. The very strong narrative feeling comes with an equally strong suspicion that there might be no story. The photos of the animals and people combined with the natural element, cause a sense of eminent danger and trouble. There is an aura of prophecy and myth, and in the end we are left with the echo of a cry in the night. About the book, Príncipe has said "The Japanese five elements are, in ascending order of power - Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Void".

映画作家・写真家そしてPierre von Kleist Editionsの創始者でもあるAndre Principeの自身3冊目となる写真集。ポルトガルの国境周辺を3ヶ月に渡って反時計周りに旅して撮影された1冊。都市から離れ、人々達がアクロバットを披露している小さな町のサーカスが舞台となっている。日本の自然における5つの要素、「地、火、水、風、空」がテーマとされている。
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