Amid overfiltered images, we forget photography’s essence: capturing real moments and preserving them as timeless, unforgettable work of art
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Realism is described as a world without filters, with sufficient beauty. Could we dress a flower? I want to create that special moment, when they see a simple desert, I show them beyond the tragic how beautiful still lives in our cities, you can find passion, intrigue, y love everywhere. The earth was already beautiful when man appeared.
Where do you find inspiration?Passion, for me, comes from a feeling, it’s something emotional. I capture with my mind what I love in that moment, music, a light, a person. They inspire me to tell their story through my lens. Every image, every moment is something that will never die; it will remain frozen in time, like something distant yet curious, emotional, passionate maybe happy, but always beautiful. My inspiration is life itself, fragile, broken, yet more beautiful than anything else.
What would you do with $25,000?My wife was the first person who motivated me and believed in me. I would like to give her back the love, affection and security of believing in me. The rest I want to use to have the freedom to travel to more places where I have not been and whose beauty has not yet been discovered. I want to keep creating, have my own page to share my vision of the world, and I want to tell the story that no one has yet found. Many pass through the mud, but no one stop to contemplate the flower that still grow
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