
2008
4 hectares of ground are the gardens that surround the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Throughout one year João Vladimiro’s camera follows the work of landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. “I know that the trees don’t have eyes, that the water doesn’t have a mouth, and that stones don’t have ears. Still, we communicate. In this particular garden, long mute talks take place, like the two elders that, through their sheer presence, talk to each other about calmness, comfort and sadness.”, says director Vladimiro, whose patient camera eye pays attention to the smallest events.

Roundhay Garden Scene

Help! I'm No Bigger Than a Bug

The Catastrophe Garden

The Marvelous Wild World of the Vegetable Garden

The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism

Flowing Water

The Great Gardens of England

The Gardener

Dream of Light

Nama Chukei! Nishiki no Aki no Kyoto Daigo no Momijigari

East of the Malverns

Garden of Life

Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

L'acte de la beauté

Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper

Prysia’s Garden

Variations on How to Farm a City

Life is Fruity

Chasing Perfection: Four Seasons with Japan's Master Gardeners

Playing Cards