#printingmatters
ABOUT
My photography in the last few years led me to undertake photographic explorations around the world, which in turn inspired in me the desire to tell stories using a broad range of printing techniques. My objective is that the observer acquires an experience of their own by internalising each piece. I hope to generate a new space in which each person can create their own experiences, emotions and interpretations, thus creating a dialogue between the work and the viewer.
PLATINUM PALLADIUM
The Platinum Palladium prints comprise photographs, and often research, memories, mementos, statements and thoughts which, combined with abstract elements, are intended to impact at various personal and reflective levels. It may sometimes seem that the elements comprising each final piece are juxtaposed arbitrarily, without reference to a specific story, theme or event. However, in reality all elements within the image have a connection, either thematic or aesthetic.
GICLÉE
These giclée prints are from various trips around the world and an ongoing project: The Long Hope. Several years ago I became interested in the political and social situation in Myanmar, and this gave light to a photography project. The problematic recent history of the country, and its isolation from the rest of the world during decades, interested me profoundly. The situation seemed very different from most contemporary societies. The mystery behind all the censorship and secrecy surrounding the country, as well as the inevitable and radical change that was to come, were fascinating to me. Thus began a photographic exploration of the country and, later, its border with Thailand. I’ve returned several times to photograph and film in the area.
WET PLATES
As part of the project The Long Hope, I photographed my own giclée prints with a large format camera to create these unique pieces, worked as wet plates collodion and finished in 5x7’’ glass plates. The result of each plate made with wet-collodion is unique, as the chemical process that takes place always results in something uncertain and irregular. I see this indetermination as a metaphor for the uncertainty of the future of Myanmar and its ability to access the increasingly globalized world. Through this analogous printing process – with results that will always vary in some way, however minimal – my vision of the people photographed and their fascinating and uncertain future, materializes.
INTERVENTIONS
These pieces, are giclée prints that include writings of the subjects portrayed, in which they write about themes and things that interest them, and the relationship they have built with me and the project for what they’ve been photographed.
The material that I gathered, and which is included in these compositions, is of great importance both to my personal journey, and for the exploration of the topics that I address. The images document a personal process, as well as capturing the voice and transformation of the subjects with whom I had the opportunity to interact.
