A world reimagined through the eyes of Cheraine Collette
After almost 6 years, I proposed this interview for Dodho and she accepted with the same availability and affability as always, even though she has now achieved important artistic goals throughout the world and her works are listed in important art galleries both in the United States and in Europe.
London and photography, five photographers on London
London is my favorite place in the world for photography and as I'm missing it so much, I've invited 5 amazing photographers to give me the London doses I need.
Everything Comes: Semana Santa in a Near Future
Holy Week in Spain is something sacred: a mixture of religion, devotion, faith, idolatry, and folklore. It was to be expected that some creator would eventually put generative Artificial Intelligence at the service of this event as well. I felt that Juan Pablo de Miguel’s daring, provocative, and futuristic video proposal had a perfect place on an avant-garde, pluralistic, and international visual platform like Dodho.
Nothing Better to Do with My Time
Back in the middle/late 90s, I made an attempt to get into fashion photography. To that end I started working for new fashion and music magazines which were popping up in London at the time in order to get a fashion portfolio together.
Don’t look for success, look for happiness
The title of this article I have borrowed by Ferran Adriá. In 2015 I visited a groundbreaking and innovative exhibition in Madrid at the Fundación Telefónica, “Auditing the creative process” by the Catalan master chef.
Need for Finitude
Even though we often pretend to forget it, our lives and ourselves are destined to disappear or rather, to end. Finitude is our condition, and it is within this dimension that the concept of beauty makes sense.
Nov 13, 2019
The Salacious Aperture: Paris
Paris is one super aperture, set in deep focus for over a thousand years, and it encompasses many variegated thematic apertures: thresholds, that yield a myriad perspectives on the specific facets of this ancient cultural capital.
My Approach to a Men’s Fashion Shoot
I was once asked by a fashion magazine to shoot a men’s fashion story. It was going to feature suits. Before the words even left their mouths, I knew exactly where I wanted to shoot it.
In Search of Photographic Style
Famous artists and photographers can be recognised by their style. Style is a combination of subject matter, technique, compositional components, the use of colour and other, sometimes very subtle, elements.
ICM Photography, between the obvious and the suggestive
ICM photography is a type of photography that is done with instinct, you are never sure of what you will get, but at the moment of shooting, I know what I would like to achieve. According to this idea, I consequently move the camera and set the times and diaphragms.
