CITY LIFE

it's sort of easy to photograph loneliness in big cities. but i've always thought and felt that being anonymous does not necessarily mean you are alone. i see anonymity as a space to dream, let go and reinvent yourself anytime you need to.

BANGKOK WALKS

These pictures were taken in bangkok's chinatown. I spent 3 hours walking there a few days ago. I was fascinated by the shark fins in the restaurants, some of them so huge. I love sharks... alive. I took the b&w photo for no apparent reason; he was just crossing in front of me. I did feel moved by him, not really knowing why. Now I see him again, old and fragile between these cars, almost crushed; I see him looking for a way to escape, maybe. It's sort of noisy and brutal sometimes to be part of the younger generation -I might have felt partly responsible for him being stuck between machines like that.

WHERE WE BELONG

Taking pictures with a little waterproof point and shoot camera has been both exciting and very interesting to me: how could I describe and show the sea? It was almost like photographing a person that I am really close to, as opposed to a semi-anonymous model... there isn't any landscape that I feel that connected to, so the whole time I tried to photograph by just letting go, surrendering to the current and waves, and making it a very physical experience -just like the fact of being in the water itself.

SPIDER KID

The shutter of my camera is noisy and I dislike that in general; but today I especially hated it... I had the feeling that those "click, click, click" would prevent him from concentrating, and that he might fall because of me! Which is stupid of course; he did not seem to be particularly tense sitting on this tiny wooden platform, outside the 14th floor of the building. I could tell he was shy but when I asked if I could photograph him he said yes immediately.

PEACE

BANGKRAK, BANGKOK

So this is home away from home again. Bangkok is busy, very busy, and does not sleep; it is mysterious and special and full of new lights and smells -and words. I guess I got used to traveling and being able to communicate easily, either in spanish or in english. So in a way I am rediscovering what it means to be a total stranger, even with the simplest words. It is not easy to explain things with gestures, but thai people smile a lot, and they are patient...