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I Scream Float

Loose Leaves From The Tree of Daydreams

4 min readFeb 14, 2022

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A woman floats in an abandoned, empty office space. It is a large office floor that has glass walls with a view of the city. Image is black and white.

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Iván Melicoff Abril

Coffee, Camera, and Sneakers.

I’m a photographer based in Montreal, Canada. Please find my work in these lists: Documentary, Poetry, Fiction. Find EROSION, my latest…

2 min readDec 23, 2021

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A tabletop photograph of a Leica M6 camera with a Voigtlander 35mm lens and a delicious cup of coffee on the side. The camera has an odd-looking hand-made half-case made from foamy and a brown bandana with white motifs. The photographer is wearing his favorite old blue jeans and Stan Smith Adidas sneakers with red details.

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

An instant and he wasn’t here anymore.

From EROSION - Documenting the disappearing act of life.

2 min readJul 19, 2023

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An instant and he wasn’t here anymore.

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Turpentine Smile

Loose Leaves from the Tree of Daydreams.

12 min readMar 11, 2022

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A night shot of a very busy corner in central Hong Kong. Neon signs shine bright from various buildings. A white bus with green top is turning around the corner.

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That Salsa Band I Met In A Mexican Prison.

One of those weird days that stays in your head.

5 min readMar 8, 2022

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That Salsa Band I Met In A Mexican Prison.

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

Under an Island Moon

An apparition in a land of disappearances.

6 min readMar 4, 2022

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Under an Island Moon

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Iván Melicoff Abril

The Alchemy of Memories

Waiting through sunsets.

1 min readFeb 9, 2022

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A picture of a small abandoned house in the mining town of Cananea, Mexico at sunset. The sky is blue with tints of rose, it’s about to get dark. The house has an old crooked roof and is boarded up. In front of it a big tree is doused with the last light of the golden hour. The ground around is dry and light brown.

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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

Erosion — A Photo Series About Fading Away

Documenting the disappearing act of life.

2 min readFeb 3, 2022

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On a sunny day under a clear blue sky, an 80 year old man looks over an empty public swimming pool from behind a waist level chain link fence. The pool is large, painted bright blue and surrounding floor is made of flat polished stone. This man has not been here in almost 70 years. He is reminded of his childhood.

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Writers’ Blokke

A Grave Visit

A small pause between generations.

3 min readJan 31, 2022

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An 80 year old man holds a flower bouquet in his hand as he bends over a small fence to observe his father’s grave to which he hasn’t been to visit in almost 30 years. It is a cold and sunny day in winter at Cananea, Sonora’s cemetery. Most of the graves there are abandoned.

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Writers’ Blokke

The Leica M6 Is Not That Different From A FED2. Don’t Kill Me.

My 2 cents after owning them for years: don’t spend a ton of money.

11 min readJan 25, 2022

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A Leica M6 camera with a halfcase leather case, in front of the beach in Yucatan, Mexico.

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Iván Melicoff Abril

Iván Melicoff Abril

I write about and photograph life, nostalgia, love, melancholy and time. Photographer based in Montreal, QC. https://ivanmelicoff.com

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