Categoría: Interviews

Al ser un proyecto tan personal donde casi todas las decisiones finales en cuanto a repertorio y a qué quiero contar las tomo yo, me dejo llevar por lo que siento en cada momento y por aquellas canciones que me emocionan particularmente.

The project grew out of a need to pause and notice what usually goes unseen: the subtle, almost fragile moments between movement and stillness. I learned to trust doubt as part of the process, not as weakness, but as something that keeps the work alive.

Siempre habrá una silla, un huequito, para sentarnos la una al lado de la otra. “Au soleil” cuenta una historia de amor entre las chicas de esas fotos, y el estribillo es una promesa de esperarla au soleil.

I realised I should trust those first takes, my intuition and instincts. A lot of inspiration for my work comes from the things that I feel, imagine, remember, long for, love doing or wish I’d be doing more.

They include small, flat ceramic figurines that I make based on tracings of drawings my Gramma did for me when I was around four years old. She would draw them on the backs of cereal or cracker boxes, and I’d lay them out on the TV room floor.

Photography for me is an anchor memory of experience, a trace of encountering another presence. In the studio, I work with figurative vessels shaped by rhythm, body and intuition, searching for verticality, weight and volume while allowing material and emotion to merge into form.

Bringing raw materials and canvas into my studio was so eye opening and humbling. It’s a different process and I’ve had quite a few learning curves, but it’s been so fun and worth it. Something that I face a lot is when an idea doesn’t come out as planned.

Quería que alguien entrara y sintiera que lo estaban viendo a él. No las fotos. Él. Que cada imagen fuera un espejo en lugar de una ventana. Que saliera pensando en algo que cree, que ama, que venera y que quizás no se había permitido nombrar.

Vivimos rodeados de una presión constante por mostrar, publicar y terminar cosas. Lo más difícil ha sido defender los momentos donde todavía no existe una obra, donde sólo hay observación, dudas o asociaciones aparentemente inconexas. Muchas veces el trabajo más importante ocurre antes de que exista algo que fotografiar.

I learned and developed my knowledge of the black-and-white darkroom process, having primarily used digital photography prior to this. I also learned the benefits of working with collaborators who have complementary skill sets and aligned visions.

Dream is also a word I have a lot on my mind. While thinking about a house before starting to sketch it, I often space out in a very abstract way and can see shapes and colors. I hope this more abstract side of my mind will find its way onto paper.

Opté por volver a usar técnicas tradicionales. Volver a sentir la textura del papel de algodón, tener el contacto con el pigmento húmedo e incontrolable, buscando el error para darle forma a mis ideas, ha sido un motor este último año.