Biography
When I started working as a photographer, in London in 1999, it was just another medium for me to illustrate my fantasies. I started doing editorial work, for the likes of The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine and Penguin Publishers, and continued to work with Spanish magazines after moving to Barcelona in 2003. By that stage, my photographs had become a tool for me to express my curiosity for the world (and we live in a very curious world indeed). But mainly — and this is most visible in personal projects like “Albino Beauty”, “Pink Dreams” and “Life as a Transsexual” — photography for me is about the relationship between dreams and reality, both in others and myself. By learning about other people’s struggles, with identity, innocence, prejudice and beauty, I learn about my own. Photography is what connects me to the outside world.
GALLERY:3Punts (Barcelona)
EXHIBITIONS:
Domestic (Barcelona 2010), 3Punts Barcelona (2009), Caixa Forum (Barcelona 2007), and other important exhibitions and art and photography fairs like PhotoMiami, Berlineliste and ArtMadrid.
AWARDS:
Winner of the Marco Pesaresi Prize, Italy (2009)
Finalist in the competition GRIN, Italy (2009)
Finalist in the AOP open award, London, U.K. (2009)
Finalist in the LICC competition, London, U.K. (2008)
Winner of the grant “FotoPres 07”, Spain (2006)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
EXIT magazine
Ojo de Pez
Virginia Quarterly Review
www.1000words.com
