"I have a love-hate relationship with cut flowers. They're fleeting, they die”—but while they're alive, they're the absolute best subjects or "actors” a photographer could ask for. During the pandemic, they became my lifeline. Every week, I'd pick up bunches from Whole Foods along with my groceries. I missed shooting landscapes, but flowers became my playful companions. I could photograph them whenever I wanted, in any setting I could dream up.
After the pandemic eased, I began using my own take on the "Pep Ventosa" technique. It's a way of capturing a single subject from many different angles, then taking those individual images apart and putting them back together. I work with these layers by hand, manipulating and combining them to create a final image that's both unified and multifaceted. But I don't stop there! I use other techniques to enhance and transform the image even further, pushing past the limits of traditional photography.
The result is artwork that invites you to see the subject from countless viewpoints, challenging simple interpretations and revealing the complexity of what we see. With this layered approach, I want to create images that go beyond just representing a flower. Instead, they become explorations of perspective and the unique way each of us sees the world."
