What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?
I’m trying to expand my horizons. Since I started, I’ve captured everyday moments, animals, and travel experiences. Now my focus is more experimental, as I’m learning to photograph people; I try to capture expressions in order to discover and shape that style.
What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?
Analog photography is a back-and-forth of emotions and frustrations. Patience is the greatest virtue in this learning process. Through so many mistakes, you begin to understand more about how it works, and honestly, it’s such an enriching feeling—even though it can also be discouraging at times.
What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?
Nature, clouds, color theory, nostalgia.
Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?
I started photography thanks to an adapted film. One of the characters had many cameras, photographed their day-to-day life, and developed film in their school lab, showing that it was part of who they were. At the time, it became an ambition of mine to get a little camera, even though I had no experience using one. I set out to learn as much as I could—acquiring techniques and, above all, getting to know my cameras. Photography will always be a nostalgic feeling.
What's been the most difficult thing you've faced recently in your creative process?
I still need to develop my creative process.
What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
Probably Ootoya . It's a Japanese restaurant that everyone I recommend it to ends up loving. The Szechuan dumplings never fail.
If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?
I’m not sure about a specific title, but I always try to see my life as animated. Animation lately goes beyond the original and reaches incredible levels of detail.
Recommend one or more artists you follow who inspire you, and tell us what you like most about their work or their way of working.
Vinur is a great inspiration, as well as a good teacher and friend; and Paloma Amaya is the best ceramics teacher, and her art is beautiful.
I was born in Santiago, Chile, in February 1997. I graduated from the University of Santiago, Chile, with a degree in Public Administration.