Inside the esteemed photographer’s first solo show.
is now on view atCongratulations on your first solo show. How did you come up with its title, “Gods that Walk Amongst Us”?
I would never call the process “casting.” I would call it a process of falling in love with humans I see and whose beauty I don’t question. It’s something that is extremely intuitive—I see someone and I’m in awe of their beauty.Take us back to how you arrived to this point in your career. Did you always know you wanted to be an artist?
You also work in the editorial world, in a great capacity. Is there an editorial commission that stands out to you, as of late? People are also not aware, but in every photo I take, there is either salsa or flamenco music. It’s a huge part of my process. I really believe in the transportation power that music has. It’s almost a way for people to arrive at the same mental space as me. It’s as important as the camera to me. A shoot I don’t have music, I don’t know how to think, I don’t know how to arrive to creative conclusions.
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