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Perseverance and Its Rewards
Avilés had always been the great unknown of Asturias for me. The region’s two main cities, Gijón and Oviedo, tended to take all the spotlight, while Avilés remained a place I merely passed through, never actually stopping to visit. But this year, for the first time, I made a point of visiting, and since then
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The Subjectivity of Appeal
La Mariña Lucense is well known for its many attractions, but I can assure you, the road isn’t one of them. It drives me absolutely crazy, constantly shifting speed limits: now 50… then back up to 80… a hundred meters later, down to 60… and don’t lose focus, because right after that, it drops again
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Photographic Distance
When I first set off on my analog adventure, I started by focusing on my immediate surroundings. Many of the photographs I took during those first months were of places I already knew, and for the most part, I simply repeated shots I had taken before with other cameras and systems. That said, the experience
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Photographic Link
Has it ever happened to you that something catches your eye while driving, you stop to take a photo of it, and end up photographing something completely different? That’s exactly what happened to me in Arbas del Puerto. Driving down from Asturias into León on the N-630, just after crossing the Puerto de Pajares, I
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Nature’s Sculptures
Galicia’s climate tends to be quite relentless. It has a reputation for being humid, rainy, windy, and generally unpleasant, at least when compared to the south of the Iberian Peninsula. But on those rare days when the sun comes out and the weather gives us a break, this land is so beautiful it almost hurts.
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Rural Domestic Art
What is art? What can we truly consider a work of art? I know, it’s a rather lofty question for a blog post, especially one that features a photo of a chicken coop. So let me clarify right away: this question isn’t directed at my photograph. Honestly, when I head out with my camera slung
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Toll to a Visual Spectacle
I’m going to confess a secret, I don’t like paying on toll highways. I understand it’s a service offered by a private company, and it’s fair that they charge for a project that cost millions of euros. But it bothers me, it frustrates me that a private company profits from something I believe should be
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Dystopian Photography
The Yesa Reservoir, located in the province of Zaragoza, has been one of my greatest discoveries during my latest trip through northern Spain. From the moment I came across its waters, driving along secondary roads, I found myself stopping constantly, amazed mile after mile by a series of unique landscapes I simply couldn’t resist photographing.
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My Dear Friends, the Donkeys
Photographing animals is no easy task, even when they’re domesticated. Most tend to flee, or at the very least, show little interest in cooperating. When I try to photograph a horse, more often than not it bolts, or starts protesting with gestures and snorts that range from wary to outright hostile. With a few honorable
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Civic Abandonment
My relationship with abandoned buildings is a bit complicated. On one hand, they fascinate me, they’re pure history, full of stories, and they always manage to surprise me in some way. Beyond that, they’ve given me some of the best photographs I’ve ever taken. They’re treasures I come across from time to time on my
