deception

Hi everyone, on my last trip to Europe I had the time to visit a city I had never been to before: Madrid. I grabbed my 1956 Leica M2 camera with black and white film and walked the whole city for a weekend. On the first afternoon I found out that the 'Plaza de Toros' was still on and that it had a run that afternoon. Perfect occasion to put my old camera to the test.
God was I going to be in for a SHOCK. For some reason I really thought that it would be a recap of the good old days with the 'ole...ole....ole' as the great attraction. But to my surprise, and shock, it was all real. Real meaning that over the afternoon 'show' 6 bulls were put through torture and an agony that left me numb. And what was even worse was turning around and seeing a fully packed stadium cheering and excited about such spectacle. I couldn't get myself to understand that in the 21st century people would still be up for this. Even worse when I found out that these 'corridas' happen 5 days a week all year round!!
Funny and sad enough these fotos capture this old/ancient tradition in a retro style that could & should be from 50 years ago, which is the time where it belongs.
Left the city in utter deception, feeling sick that people of this 'first world' modern society would accept something like this.

Candelario

Hi Everyone! As you already might know I was in El Salvador 2 weeks ago for business. I was lucky enough to be taken care of by some great people over the weekend, which I think, I can call friends. This is indeed a beautiful country, full of even more wonderful people. It reminded me in a way of my time in Asia, can't pin it down, but it was the mixture of chaos, warm sunny weather, rawness and welcoming people.
I experienced a beautiful sunset on the beach house of a friend, and as we turned round to go back into the house I spotted Candelario, who takes care of the place, just gazing into the horizon lost in his thoughts somewhere out there in the sea.
The tone of the light & the lack of it was just perfect, making the tone of his skin so smooth, the slight reflection of the horizon on his glasses, his true transparent smile.
I Love the coloured version of this diptic & I believe it stands out even more when compared to its B&W version. All said, I will be back...on holidays next time.


Hola Todos! Como ya sabran estuve en El Salvador hace 2 semanas por trabajo. Tuve la suerte de ser muy bien atendido durante el fin de semana, por quienes hoy pienso, puedo llamar amigos. Este es un hermoso país, lleno de gente aun mas maravillosa. Me recordó un poco a mis anos en Asia, la mezcla de caos, el caluroso y soleado clima, la crudeza de la naturaleza, y su gente tan amable.
Experimente un atardecer increíble en la finca de un amigo sobre la playa. Cuando volvimos a la casa para luego emprender nuestro regreso vi a Candelario, quien se ocupa de cuidar el lugar, con la mirada y sus pensamientos perdidos en algun lugar alla lejos en el horizonte.
El tono de la luz y la escasez de la misma sobre su piel haciéndola parecer tan suave, el reflejo del horizonte en sus anteojos, su sonrisa tan real, honesta y transparente.
Me encanta la version a color del diptico y creo que se resalta aun mas contrapuesta con su version en B&N. Sin mas que decir, volvere...pero la proxima vez, sera de vacaciones.

pixels on GAS

Hi Everyone! I am currently in El Salvador for business but didn't want to miss posting something this weekend. Yet another very colorful triptic. I took these while on my last year (2014) trip to Amsterdam. The same artist that did the previously posted mailboxes painted the sreet floor in bright colors. It so looked like zooming into a colorful image to the point of seeing pixels. But what I liked the most was the GAS sign which seemed to be floating adrift in this sea of pixels.

Hola Todos! Estoy actualmente de viaje por trabajo en El Salvador pero no queria dejar de postear algo este fin de semana. De nuevo otro colorido triptico. Tome estas photos en uno de mis viajes a Amsterdam el ano pasado (2014). El mismo artista que pinto los buzones anteriormente posteados tambien pinto una calle en brillantes colores. Realmente parecia como si hicieramos un zoom sobre una colorida imagen hasta visualizar los pixels de la misma. Pero lo que realmente me encanto fue la casilla de GAS que parecia estar flotando a la deriva en este mar de pixels.

amigos

So I traveled to Amsterdam a few times in the last years for business and had the time to stay over the weekend and wonder around and take photos. On my first trip I found this spot where an artist had used a mailbox as the main subject to his graffiti. A red headed subject in a sea of rainbow colored puzzle like brush strokes. But when I came back 8 months later I found his smiley friend as his replacement.

Viaje un par de veces por trabajo a Amsterdam en los ultimos anos & tuve tiempo de quedarme el finde semana para aprovechar y sacar fotos. En mi primer viaje encontre un lugar donde un artista habia usado un buzon como sujeto principal de su graffitti. Un tipo colorado en un par de coloridas piezas de rompecabezas. Pero cuando volvi 8 meses despues me encontre con su sonriente amigo como reemplazo.

clean start

To all here go my new year wishes: a clean start to a very promising 2015 hoping all your wishes and plans for this new year materialize as I hope mine do. Happy New Year!!

A todos aqui van mis deseos para el nuevo ano: un nuevo y gran comienzo para un muy prometedor 2015 esperando que todos sus deseos y planes para el 2015 se materealizen como espero que los mios tambien. Feliz Ano Nuevo!!

interestelar

Hi Everyone, 2 weeks ago I attended the movie INTERESTELAR. Loved it, I love SCI-FI, true, but this movie blew my mind & really touched me deeply. The idea of interestelar travel, to dive into the deep darkness beyond anything known (so fkn scary), the realization that we are SO small and insignificant compared to the infinit greatness out there. The way time goes by and how time itself past present and future are all interconnected and run in paralel. Added to the infinit love of that father (not knowing when he'll come back) whispering into his daughter's ears: "I love you forever...I love you forever", so true and so moving to me.

Having watched the movie I remembered I had a photo I had taken 4 years ago which I really liked a lot but couldn't think of a place for it. Well, I finally did find a reason for it.

Really love this photo. The darkness giving it a sense of  remoteness infinity, the white light coming from above (upper left corner) as an unknown source of light / life shining onto a flat futuristic still surface and the contrast of this light bouncing off onto moving waters.

Hong Kong, China, Planet Earth 2010.

+ Night Trails

Dear All, here I am back with a few more Night Trails from that same night in Singapore's Chinatown around a year ago. More of the same but I really like them.

Hola a todos, aca de vuelta con un par de series mas de 'Night Trails' de esa misma noche en Chinatown de Singapore hace alrededor de un ano. Mas de lo mismo pero realmente me gustan.

meus vizinhos

Hi everyone, three weeks ago I finally had the luxury to go out in Sao Paulo to take photos. With my Polaroid and iPhone in-hand I came across these vivid graffitis near home. Its amazing how these colorful 'neighbours' distinctively decorate the streets of Pinheros and Villa Madalena. I introduce you…meus vizinhos.

Hola todos, hace tres semanas finalmente me di el lujo de salir por Sao Paulo a sacar fotos. Con mi Polaroid y mi Iphone en mano me encontre con estos llamativos graffitis cerca de casa. Es notable como estos coloridos 'vecinos' decoran distintivamente las calles de Pinheros y Villa Madalena. Con ustedes…meus vizinhos.

progress fixed

https://vimeo.com/95821483

Hi Everyone, this weekend something different. To see this one you will have to click on the vimeo link above. The photo is just meant as a teaser or a thumbnail.
But let me give you a short intro. On our trip to Myanmar we stayed a couple of days in Yangon, its capital city, and added to going to temples we just walked around with a paper map in our hands getting lost in the buzzing lively place. And let me tell you, what makes Myanmar so special is that progress hasn't caught up with it. It has stayed unpolluted, keeping its romantic feel.
So, lost and just walking over a bridge I saw and snapped at this train passing beneath me at an extremely slowly pace. It only passed through once a day, and the whole situation seemed frozen in time. I just imagined myself there decade after decade after decade and taking the same photos. Be it the early 1900's (in sepia), through the 1940's  (black & white) through the 1970's down to our digital age…and the only thing that would change would be the photographic aesthetic…nothing else.
And that is what makes this animated series so special to me….its simply timeless.

Hola a todos, este fin de semana algo diferente. Para ver este post van a tener que clickear el link de vimeo de arriba. La photo es simplemente un adelanto o una imagen representativa de lo que verán.
Pero dejen me darles una pequena introducción. Durante nuestro viaje a Myanmar nos quedamos un par de días en Yangon, su capital, y ademas de recorrer diferentes templos simplemente caminamos con un mapa en la mano y nos perdimos en el ruido y el chaos de esta ciudad tan llena de vida. Dejen me decirles que lo que hace a Myanmar tan especial es que el progresso no la ha alcanzado. Ha logrado mantenerse a un lado manteniendo asi un lado romantico tan lindo.
Entonces, perdido y caminando sobre un puente le saque una serie de fotos a este viejo tren que pasaba a paso extremadamente lento por debajo mío. El tren solo pasaba una vez por día y toda la situación parecía frisada en el tiempo. Me imagine estando en ese mismo puente década tras década tras década sacando exactamente las mismas fotos. Desde principios de 1900's (en sepia) pasando por 1940's  (en blanco & negro) llegando los 70's y terminando en la era digital…y lo único que cambiaría seria la estética fotográfica (debido a la capacidad technica de la época)…nada mas.
Y eso es los que hace a esta serie animada tan especial para mi…que es intemporal.

rednightlace

And as the night fell upon us….

Y así como cayo la noche…

colortrail

Hi Everyone, this weeks triptic I took in Chinatown in Singapore where, if you just look up, you will be able to see endless trails of colorful lamps dangling from one side of the roads to the other painting the sky with endless diagonals of color.

Hola Todos, el triptico de esta semana lo saque en Chinatown en Singapur donde, si le vantan la vista, podran ver caminos de interminables lamparas coloridas colgando y pintando los cielos con diagonales multicolor.

kaleidoscope

Hi Everyone, this week a triptic from my last trip with two of my lifetime friends (Chompi & Pato) to Asia. I took this in a temple in Yangoon, capital city of Myanmar.  We were walking up to the temple, it was quite dark and raining outside when we saw an opening with light and these sun shades arranged at different distances with different colors and sizes. We dazed in awe (or at least I did) at the show of colors for what seemed ages. I love this series..so vivid, so dynamic, so alive.

Hola a todos, esta semana un tríptico de mi ultimo viaje con mis dos amigos de toda la vida (Pato & Chompi) a Asia. Saque esta compo en un templo en Yangoon, capital de Myanmar. Estabamos subiendo a pie hacia el templo, estaba oscuro y llovía afuera cuando vi una abertura de donde salía luz y había una serie de parasoles coloridos de diferentes brillantes colores y tamaños que nos capturo la atención. Nos quedamos mirando el show de colores azorados, embobados, por un buen largo rato. Me encanto esta serie…tan vivida, tan dinamica, parece tener vida propia.

EXIT with a TWIST

Hi everyone! Here a more POP compo I took of some really colorful emergency exits behind an old building in Singapore over 4 years ago.

Hola todos! Aca una compo mas POP que saque de unas coloridas escaleras de emergencia detrás de un edificio viejo en Singapore hace mas de 4 anos.

naked

Hi Everyone, here a triptic that I made over 8 years ago on one of my trips to Paris. A little too classic/cliche but nevertheless. I did love that it looks like as if I would of caught the Eiffel Tower in its sexy Parisian lingerie.

Wish you all a Merry Xmas and have a great end of the year!

Hola todos, aca un triptico que hice hace mas de 8 anos en uno de mis viajes por Paris. Un poco demasiado classico / cliche pero bueh. Si me gusto que parece como si hubiera agarrado in-fraganti a la Torre Eiffel en su lingerie sexy.

Les deseo a todos una Feliz Navidad y que tengan un gran cierre de ano!

rainbowheels

Hi Everyone, here a colorful triptic from my trip to Amsterdam in July this year. I took this in the 3 story bicycle parking at central station where you can find a world of bicycles of any color shape or form.

Hola todos, aca un colorido triptico de mi viaje a Amsterdam en Julio de este ano. Tome esta serie en el parking de bicicletas de 3 pisos en la estacion central donde pueden encontrar un universo de bicicletas de cualquier tipo, color & tamano.

Red Specter

 

Hi Everyone! Back from my travels from Asia with 2 lifetime friends that have been with me through kindergarten, primary school, highschool, university, different jobs, girlfriends, wives, daughters....till today (36 years). Well, we decided to take a trip to Asia for our 40th year of life. These are my first trip tics taken in Thailand. I saw this deep red colored sun shade with so much happening, that bright but full of depth red, rich in texture, clear leading lines and with an even further layer coming from shadows which gave the shade a soul.

Hola a todos! De vuelta de mi viaje por Asia con dos amigos de toda la vida que han estado a lo largo de jardin de infantes, primaria, secundaria, universidad, differentes trabajos, novias, mujeres, hijas...hasta el dia de hoy (36 anos). Bueno decidimos irnos de viaje por Asia por nuestros 40. Estas son el primer triptico de nuestro viaje tomado en Thailandia. Vi ese parasol rojo con tanto sucediendo. Ese rojo fuerte y profundo, la rica

textura, las claras lineas guiando y las sombras que le daban alma, vida al parasol.

beyond the lines

purloin view

Hi everyone, back from a very needed one week holidays. Although only a week I had time to slow down, disconnect, & made some time to take photos. These are just two of a series of triptics I took of a very colorful shade which belonged to a very cute old bakery.

Hola todos, de vuelta de unas muy necesitadas vacaciones. Aunque solo una semana tuve tiempo de bajar los decibeles, desconectarme, & tomarme un tiempo para sacar fotos. Estas son simplemente dos de las series de tripticos que saque de un toldo muy colorido de una confiteria muy linda.

colonial tinge

As I mentioned last week I would be posting a few of these similar compos of Singapore's colorful colonial houses. This one has more white, creamy and subtle colors.

Como les mencione la semana pasada, estaria posteando un par mas de estas compos de casas coloniales en Singapore. Esta serie tiene mas blanco, crema y colores mas sutiles.

Rainbow Walk

Hello, something different this week. I have many of these series of  colorful colonial houses in Singapore. Loved this one cause one third through the colorful colonial walk there is a couple bringing along a kids bike from who knows where. This gives the image a sense of scale, movement and normal daily routines to it.

Hola, algo differente esta semana. Tengo varias series, como esta, de casas coloniales en Singapore. Siempre me gusto mucho esta porque a un tercio del colorido recorrido colonial hay una pareja caminando con una bici de un chico en mano. Esto le da ala serie un sentido de escala, movimiento & rutina diaria.