What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?
For a long time I was focused on making portraits, but over the past two years I’ve been more focused on going out and doing street photography in my city or in the places I travel to. This keeps me in constant observation of my surroundings and has helped me trust my intuition more. I don’t always know exactly what draws me to a particular scene; many times there isn’t a clear explanation, just a feeling that leads me to take the photograph without imposing ideas or concepts.
What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?
I’ve learned to trust myself more—my processes and my intuition—to gradually lose the fear of venturing into the unknown and to open myself up to experimenting with different formats: film or digital, photo or video, street or portrait. I’ve also learned to enjoy the process more than the result.
What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?
Discovery, everyday life, recollection, memory, curiosity.
Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?
Santiago 1980-1983 from Mauricio Valenzuela is a photobook that I find incredibly inspiring.
What's been the most difficult thing you've faced recently in your creative process?
The hardest thing has been not comparing myself to others and respecting my own rhythm. Learning to move slowly, not overexert myself, and staying true to what genuinely interests me.
What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
I recommend the quesadillas de cecina at Almacén Hércules in Querétaro.
If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?
It would be called We Live Here and the soundtrack would be by Yo la tengo.
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.
I love how intimate, poetic, and emotional Olivia Bee’s photographs are; and Greg Girard for the way he portrays spaces, light, and color.
