Mário Nogueira

Lost Memories

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A photography collection

Lost Memories explores the beauty of fog and other forms of transparency that partially conceal the world around us. Through obscured landscapes and blurred objects, these photographs capture a reality that is present but no longer entirely accessible.

I'm fascinated by the way fog transforms familiar scenes, softening their shapes and dissolving their boundaries. It reminds me of how memory works: experiences that were once vivid and sharply defined gradually lose their clarity, leaving behind only fragments, impressions, and blurred glimpses of what once was.

In these images, concealment becomes a way of revealing something else. As the details fade, the atmosphere takes over, creating scenes that feel suspended somewhere between reality and recollection — between what we can still see and what we are slowly losing.

The photographs span the period from 2006 to 2020, all taken with digital cameras.

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