“The stories that visit me are timeless”
Born and raised in downtown Guayaquil Ecuador with Lebanese roots. I was not much into sports so I spend a lot of days watching through my room window what happened outside on the streets and sidewalks. At that time 1980-90's it was safe to go out by myself to explore the streets. At 14 I found a 35mm canon in my mom's drawers, and I started shooting film mostly at home. I think my photography is the result of my childhood memories and the person I became when I met my wife. Streets tell stories and being able to document them is what I enjoy the most. At 18 I learned to develop film and print in a darkroom, at 21 one I made an improvise darkroom in my bathroom.
I like to document people and spaces at their own silence like old street photography, I think I have a sensibility for shadows, lines and shapes.
Sometime I realize what I have see after i print my photos.
My photography is a document of moments, details or vestiges of those stories. I am just an oblivion spectator with a camera and a personal way of sharing the world. It is not until I revise the images that I understand what I have seen.
Exhibitions
“The Avant Garde and Latin America Photography ,Poetics and Discourse of a the Modern Gaze”. 15 Noviembre 2014 Miami, Florida.
Nominimo “Circa” 2016 Samborondon Ecuador.
Nominimo “Circa 2017” Samborondon Ecuador.
Galeria de La Fuente Solo exhibition “Recuerdos de Cuba” Octubre 2017 Samborondon, Ecaudor.
DPM Gallery “27” Julio 2018 Guayaquil Ecuador
Nomads Arte “La Primera” 2019 Samborondon Ecuador
Art on a Postcard 2019 London United Kingdom
Mentions
PX3 Bronze 3rd place book category for “Sucker for soccer” 2019 Exhibition at "Espace Beaurepaire"
The independent Photographer finalist Emerging talent 2019
International Photography Awards 2019 Honorable mentions.