“I love photography. Although I don’t remember when my love for it truly began, I remember taking a ton of pictures with my brand new fifth generation iPod touch. In retrospect, that was probably a defining moment for our bond. But what has probably been the main turning point, was the arrival of an Olympus camera at home. From that moment onward, I took thousands of photos, often of the same spot and always without any true understanding of how that beautiful tool worked.
Somewhere here I have to acknowledge that I have never really devoted enough time to fully grasp the workings of photography. I never had the urge to delve into the technicalities of it, nor to extract all the untapped potential my camera still has to offer. Instead, I always stopped at the fundamentals of its functioning. I simply grabbed a camera whenever I experienced or saw something worth capturing.
I guess that’s why I love street photography as much as I do. I love how it captures all the life, the little moments happening in different corners all around us, that we are often too busy to pay a little attention to. Streets allow for all of the nuances of life, the struggles, the joy, the privilege to be seen and captured, sometimes through minute details.
Having said that, I guess it’s clear that when talking about photography, I am not one to talk about light, exposure and all of that. I talk about photographs, moments and the stories behind them.”
