INTERVIEW NIEPCEBOOK (FRANCE)

 

1 - The images appear to treat 3 of the 4 elements (earth, air, water). Is it a choice? Why did you excluded fire? 

The combination has no other reason for being than itself. There is not a previous election. My intention is to find harmony in a close reality, and this often occurs in nature. With my images, I mean to suggest a break on the road, a corner of shade. The fire usually does not contribute substantially to that aim. But this does not mean that it is excluded from my projects.

2 - Winter or arid landscapes. It is the choice of black and white that led to this choice? 

Not quite. We live in a colorful world, I think that black and white refer to a more intimate, timeless, sibylline space. I intend a suggestion, not a description.

3 - Water is everywhere in your designs. What is the reason for this choice? 

The serenity, his sound twinned with silence, his sparkle, his benevolence.

4 - Grouped or isolated beings are mere silhouettes or shadows. What is man's place in your creation? 

The place, or rather, the scale of man in my pictures is in reference to a whole. Sometimes, man overestimates himself.

5 - Could you explain the recurrent emergence of solitary walkers in your photos?

 Well ... I guess it is self-referential. For me, photography is a journey in solitude. I look inside myself, rather than outside, what I intend to show in every picture.

6 - A first unusual picture among others: "Óle". What was the trigger of this image? 

That picture has no other intention than approaching to a tradition. It was taken in the early days of my residence in Spain, my adopted country.

7 - "Catharsis" and death. Do you want to express the Baroque theme of "Theatre mundi", the world as a stage, or do you see life as tragic? 

Both may be true. Death as one of the only objective truths, and -thanks to that- the existence of art. If we were immortal, probably the art would not exist.

8 - Photographs could be the allegory of the ruthless passage of time? 
That is what art is in general, I think.

9 - Bare trees and reflections in the water. Why this recurring choice?
I feel attracted by their frameworks, the reflected lights, the evergreen, their imperfect reflection.

10 - Your pictures always puts us deliberately on the edge (in the "shore") of something (of the sea, the coast, a wall, or a bridge). Is it a voluntary decision? 
In a symbolic sense, I think that man is always on the verge of something, even unconsciously.

11 - Where are you from? Where do you live? 
I was born in Rosario, Argentina. I´ve lived about ten years in Madrid and some other places. Righ now, I am in Argentina.

12 - What materials do you work with? 
The cameras (lately, I prefer mirrorless reflex cameras), the computer, my music and not much more.

13 - Why the medium format? 
I work with smaller cameras. I use the square format because I think it highlights the serenity in harmony with my images. The shape and the relationships between the elements of the composition gain prominence.

14 - Between film and digital, what is the tool with which you feel most comfortable with? Why? 
For convenience, I use digital photography, it is fast, clean. It is also true that It lacks the romance that owns the film, as that first love, where the time passes slower.

15- What advice would you give to someone that is just starting photography?
To be a writer, you must write a lot. It is the same with pictures. All I can say is: try to find your particular vision of the world, your own path. Learn everything you can, then, you can choose transgress or stick to the rules, but never ignore them.

16 - In a society saturated of images, what does it mean to be a photographer? 
Today it can be positive that society is saturated of images. This may contribute to a visual instruction. It is also true that even though the world is saturated with written papers, poets remain few.

17 - What artists does inspire you? 
Ólafur Arnalds, Cortázar, Sergio Larrain, Marcel Proust, Luis Eduardo Aute, William Turner, Caetano Veloso, Harry Callahan, Pizarnik, Tony Catany, Pentti Sammallahti, Jorge Luis Borges, Degas, Mario Benedetti, Claude Monet, Debussy, Adolfo Aristarain, Virginia Woolf, Milan Kundera, Joan Guerrero ... ..

18 - Do your photographs always carry a message to the viewer (political, social reflections)? 
If my photographs act as a trigger for some kind of reflection or interpretation beyond of the mere aesthetic, it is good news.

19- ¿Do you make studio shoots? 
Sometimes, for work.