What habit has been sustaining you lately?
Lately, keeping a journal has helped me a lot. I don’t write every day, but I return to it often. Sometimes they’re loose ideas; other times I pair my emotions with photographs. It’s a way of feeling my life is in order, of keeping a record, and of staying creative.
What time of day do you feel most like yourself?
Usually in the late afternoons and evenings, when I finish the most urgent tasks and can slow down the pace of the day. It’s the moment when I can devote more time to photography, exercise, or simply be with myself without feeling like I owe anything.
When recently did you feel out of place?
Most recently, in some work meetings. I’m there, but sometimes I feel like I’m participating from a different rhythm; it’s not discomfort, but it feels like thinking from somewhere else.
What are you still holding onto even though you know you’ll eventually have to let go?
Career expectations in my professional field. Sometimes I feel that as an engineer I should be doing more or be at a different point, although I’m increasingly clear that it doesn’t necessarily have to be my only path. Besides, in photography there’s still a lot to explore.
What scares you more today: change or staying the same?
Staying in the same place. I’m afraid of not moving out of comfort or fear, and realizing I let experiences pass by because I didn’t dare to try.
Recommend a movie, an album, and a book and tell us why you liked each one.
Güeros (2014)It always brings me back a very specific nostalgia for Mexico City.
Fontana Bella from Austin TVIt arrived in my adolescence and has grown with me; each time I listen to it, I hear it from a different place.
As for books, I’m in a searching phase, still trying to find one that accompanies me in a special way.
What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
If I could only eat in one place, it would be Friky’s Cocina Salvaje. For me, it has the best burger in León, Guanajuato. The atmosphere and the service: incredible.
Which friend have you admired lately, and why?
Itzel Figueroa. For how she combines the sensitivity of her writing with photography; her way of seeing and narrating feels beautiful and very honest to me. Recommending her latest fanzine: July 24, 2023.
Mario Cruz. For the way he understands and constructs visual narratives using very creative media; always admiring him as a teacher and as a friend. Recommended exhibition: Artificial Memory.
Analog photographer who works through manual processes as a way of recording what breaks, what transforms, and what remains, exploring memory and human bonds.