I’m going to tell you a story. The story of why I am here. The story of how photography became the cornerstone of my daily life and the missing link that was missing in my life
It was a clear, cold April evening. I was on one of my lonely adventures in the Madrid´s mountains, at 2428m specifically, at the geodesic point of Peñalara. Several kilometers from any other human being. Possibly the loneliest I’ve ever been. There, contemplating the immensity of the northern plateau, the color of the setting sun and the immense force of nature, it was when I felt the most need for the rest of the world. The need to belong to something, the need to live in society and the need to share with other people the emotions and feelings that i was living there.
Of course, the only thing I had at hand was a mid-range mobile, so the photo I took did not inspire a small part, or a portion, of the emotions that the live image transmitted to me. Not light, not color, not shape, nothing, nothing even came close to reality. I would never forgive myself and from that moment on, I immersed myself in the immense art of immortalizing moments. To paint with light. To steal bits of time and not let him take them away. To be able to transmit, excite and surprise the viewer in an instant.
Five years after that day and after several thousand shutter shots, all my circumstances and decisions have brought my photography to this point. Even conceptual photography and, more specifically, visual poetry or storytelling. A current where the message is the most important and where every piece contains a story in itself, more complex or simpler, but with a very explicit meaning. All the photographs are linked to a series, which contextualizes them, and the title of each one is a small clue to see what is sometimes not so obvious at first glance.
Of course, although the message is the most important, the staging, the composition and the poetic-visual resources implicit in this photographic current are what make the works impressive and last in our retina. In addition, once the message is understood, I recommend that you look further, since one of the things I like to do the most is hide details in my photos. As I once heard a wise man say:
Well all good stories deserve embellishment
Gandalf, The Hobbit
Now that you know a little more about me and my trip, I can only thank you for your attention in these paragraphs and wish you to enjoy my work as much as I enjoy creating it. Always in constant evolution, reflection and learning, I hope that what you have seen so far is not the best it has to offer you and that if you liked what is to come you will like it much more. A hug.