I discovered Nuno Perestrelo‘s work two years ago when we met at a portfolio review in Madrid which we both of us were attending. When he knew I was from Barcelona, he suddenly started to speak in a perfect Catalan as he had lived and study in the city for a while. That openness and […]
Archives for April 2020
Spain Week: Nieves Mingueza: The malady of Suzanne
Nieves Mingueza is a natural-born visual story teller who follows her instinct and intuition. She combines different media to create her stories such as photography, collages and text, from old photographs, magazines and encyclopedias that she finds in street markets and vintage stores, and it could not be otherwise. She lives in London. Her work tells […]
Spain Week: Alejandra Carles-Tolra: Where We Belong
When Alejandra Carles-Tolra was studying Sociology at the University of Barcelona, she realized that the way of approaching communities and groups was too rigid for her, she needed something else, a closer approach. As she already loved photography, she decided to bring a camera into the classroom. Since them she has been practicing visual sociology. […]
Spain Week: Bego Antón : Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
The gaze of Bego Antón is focused towards the less conventional spheres of reality. She is drawn to the extraordinary and to those small groups of people who are curious to the rest of society for their minority beliefs or practices. The trigger of her work are themes, characters or communities that can be eccentric […]
Spain Week: Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán: The Mouth of Krishna
…and He opens his mouth and Yashoda gasps. She sees in Krishna’s mouth the whole complete entire timeless universe. All the stars and planets of space and the distance between them; all the lands and seas of the earth and the life in them; she sees all the days of yesterday and all the days […]
Stephen Garza: Arriving 2020
Stephen Manuel Garza (@stephen_garza) is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte currently pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. He shares an insider’s view of the airport where he handles baggage. The spaces, normally filled with hundreds of passengers, is now almost completely void of life. Using a cell phone […]