{"id":2542,"date":"2024-11-26T23:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2024-11-29T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T12:21:20","slug":"esencias-y-fotografia-de-calle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/en\/esencias-y-fotografia-de-calle\/","title":{"rendered":"Essencies (on my street photography)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2542\" class=\"elementor elementor-2542\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3eeccbb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3eeccbb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44bb65e9\" data-id=\"44bb65e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d37792e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d37792e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Esencias-blog-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39d1812 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39d1812\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2db7a80\" data-id=\"2db7a80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c044c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c044c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/en\/esencias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESSENCIES<\/a> I present a distilled collection of my photographs, taken in public spaces, both outdoor and indoor. A brief summary of over a decade of capturing moments in black and white, chasing what moves me, what whispers in my ear, and urges me to take the shot.<\/p>\n<p>They call this 'street photography'. And those of us who let ourselves be guided by this search are labeled as 'street photographers'. But I don't quite recognize myself in those words. I look at them sideways, with some distance, like someone avoiding the gaze of a stranger. I've learned to distrust labels.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I know. Showing 246 images all at once may seem excessive, even exhausting. But how can I condense years of exploration and fleeting encounters into less? These photographs are not organized by cities because it doesn't matter where they were taken. The street, the country, the exact corner are irrelevant. I\u2019m not trying to map my steps or boast about travels. Although I\u2019m passionate about traveling, my photography doesn't speak of geographies or places. It speaks of me.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I have indicated in each thumbnail the city and country where I captured those moments, like captions. I\u2019ve done this only out of courtesy to the viewer, but I can assure you that it\u2019s not important. In some images, you will recognize the place; in others, it could be any city, any corner of the world.<\/p>\n<p>I have never intended to be a documentary photographer. I'm not interested in recording customs, traditions, or the lives of others. I already spent more than twenty years photographing the lives of others in my social photography work. In this other aspect, so intimate, I don't seek to document; perhaps, without intending to, I end up doing so. But I document my life, my way of seeing, thinking, and feeling. I let myself be guided by what\u2019s inside me: that voice that tells me to point the camera, to shoot, to capture.<\/p>\n<p>I am a born observer. A voyeur, if you will. I watch those who pass in front of me; I follow them with my gaze like a hunter follows the trail of its prey. Sometimes it\u2019s details that capture me: a gesture, a furtive glance, a laugh that seems to escape between the lips. Other times, it\u2019s the people themselves who fascinate me, as if in their act of looking at the infinite or at others, they reflect something of myself. It\u2019s a game of mirrors, infinite, a perfect circle: I observe those who observe. And in them, in some way, I also observe myself. Photographing others is like taking a self-portrait, because what draws my attention to them is nothing more than an echo of what I carry inside.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, I find myself chasing what I detest. Other times, what I desire. And there are days when I photograph what scares me. When there are no people, light and shadows become my protagonists. The ugly and the beautiful merge, intertwine, until the everyday takes on an unexpected beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Technical perfection no longer obsesses me. Before, I sought impeccable composition, absolute sharpness, perfect exposure. Not anymore. Now, I pursue another kind of perfection, that of the imagined, that which arises from my intuition. I shoot when something moves me, without overthinking it. The camera becomes an extension of my emotions.<\/p>\n<p>When I photograph, I enter a state of absolute concentration, a trance. It\u2019s as if I disconnect from this world and immerse myself in another: a mysterious place, wrapped in deep silence. The people and spaces I capture cease to be real and transform into fragments of my imagination. With each click, I write stories with light and shadows.<\/p>\n<p>Public places are still my stage, although my gaze has changed over time. It\u2019s inevitable. We evolve, and photography is no different. Like a writer who, after years of novels, finds their voice in poetry, I keep searching for something new with every shot. But my enthusiasm remains intact. Every time I pick up a camera, whatever it may be, the world opens up before me with the same intensity as the first day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/en\/esencias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ESSENCIES<\/strong><\/a> are not the stories of the cities I visit or the people I photograph. They are my stories. My vision. My essence.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Vargas Llosa's introductory text about James Joyce's Dubliners opened my eyes a bit regarding the so-called \"street photography.\" Direct and precise, it reveals a profound truth: we try to capture the essence of cities and streets, but in reality, what we are photographing is our own essence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En ESENCIAS presento un destilado de mis fotograf\u00edas, tomadas en lugares p\u00fablicos, tanto exteriores como interiores. 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O quiz\u00e1s no. \u00bfQui\u00e9n lo puede saber? Por aquella \u00e9poca cursaba estudios de bachillerato y la decisi\u00f3n entre ciencias o letras ya estaba hecha y era efectiva. Ciencias. Detestaba asignaturas de letras. Con el tiempo tambi\u00e9n acab\u00e9 detestando las de ciencias. Afortunadamente, o quiz\u00e1s no, la fotograf\u00eda se cruz\u00f3 en mi camino en un momento crucial aunque vulnerable. Aquel curso de iniciaci\u00f3n al revelado de fotograf\u00eda en blanco y negro en el instituto al que una amiga me pidi\u00f3 que me apuntara con ella fue el punto de inflexi\u00f3n en mi vida. Suena solemne aunque a estas alturas de la vida a\u00fan no s\u00e9 si fue catastr\u00f3fico y una bendici\u00f3n. \u00bfQu\u00e9 hubiese pasado si en vez de decantarme por la fotograf\u00eda lo hubiera hecho por la f\u00edsica? Quiero pensar que en otra vida me volver\u00e9 a decantar por la fotograf\u00eda, para bien o para mal. Por supuesto, por aquel entonces, la fotograf\u00eda era lo que se llama ahora anal\u00f3gica, con carretes, reveladores, ba\u00f1os de paro, rom\u00e1nticas luces rojas y olores a todo tipo de qu\u00edmicos menos rom\u00e1nticos. Jam\u00e1s en la vida se me dio bien el dibujo. As\u00ed que decid\u00ed probar suerte a ingresar en La Escuela de Arte de Oviedo y estudiar fotograf\u00eda. Las pruebas de ingreso requer\u00edan pasar unos ex\u00e1menes de historia del arte. Pero tambi\u00e9n pasar una prueba de dibujo. Era la primera vez en mi vida que ten\u00eda una caballete de pintura delante de mis narices. A pocos metros la examinadora dispuso un bodeg\u00f3n de frutas a su antojo. -Ten\u00e9is que reinterpretar este bodeg\u00f3n,- espet\u00f3. Yo no sab\u00eda si dejar el lienzo en blanco y largarme o probar suerte a ver si sonaba la flauta. Opt\u00e9 por esta \u00faltima consideraci\u00f3n. Eleg\u00ed la t\u00e9cnica abstracta. La flauta no debi\u00f3 de sonar. 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O quiz\u00e1s no. \u00bfQui\u00e9n lo puede saber? Por aquella \u00e9poca cursaba estudios de bachillerato y la decisi\u00f3n entre ciencias o letras ya estaba hecha y era efectiva. Ciencias. Detestaba asignaturas de letras. Con el tiempo tambi\u00e9n acab\u00e9 detestando las de ciencias. Afortunadamente, o quiz\u00e1s no, la fotograf\u00eda se cruz\u00f3 en mi camino en un momento crucial aunque vulnerable. Aquel curso de iniciaci\u00f3n al revelado de fotograf\u00eda en blanco y negro en el instituto al que una amiga me pidi\u00f3 que me apuntara con ella fue el punto de inflexi\u00f3n en mi vida. Suena solemne aunque a estas alturas de la vida a\u00fan no s\u00e9 si fue catastr\u00f3fico y una bendici\u00f3n. \u00bfQu\u00e9 hubiese pasado si en vez de decantarme por la fotograf\u00eda lo hubiera hecho por la f\u00edsica? Quiero pensar que en otra vida me volver\u00e9 a decantar por la fotograf\u00eda, para bien o para mal. Por supuesto, por aquel entonces, la fotograf\u00eda era lo que se llama ahora anal\u00f3gica, con carretes, reveladores, ba\u00f1os de paro, rom\u00e1nticas luces rojas y olores a todo tipo de qu\u00edmicos menos rom\u00e1nticos. Jam\u00e1s en la vida se me dio bien el dibujo. As\u00ed que decid\u00ed probar suerte a ingresar en La Escuela de Arte de Oviedo y estudiar fotograf\u00eda. Las pruebas de ingreso requer\u00edan pasar unos ex\u00e1menes de historia del arte. Pero tambi\u00e9n pasar una prueba de dibujo. Era la primera vez en mi vida que ten\u00eda una caballete de pintura delante de mis narices. A pocos metros la examinadora dispuso un bodeg\u00f3n de frutas a su antojo. -Ten\u00e9is que reinterpretar este bodeg\u00f3n,- espet\u00f3. Yo no sab\u00eda si dejar el lienzo en blanco y largarme o probar suerte a ver si sonaba la flauta. Opt\u00e9 por esta \u00faltima consideraci\u00f3n. Eleg\u00ed la t\u00e9cnica abstracta. La flauta no debi\u00f3 de sonar. Mi reinterpretaci\u00f3n del bodeg\u00f3n con esta t\u00e9cnica no debi\u00f3 de calar muy hondo ni emocionar. Dar\u00eda lo que fuera por recuperar aquella obra de arte. Mi primera obra abstracta pintada. M\u00e1s que nada para echarme unas risas porque aquello tuvo que impresionar. Quiz\u00e1s me equivoqu\u00e9 de t\u00e9cnica. La impresionista hubiese sido una mejor elecci\u00f3n. O no. \u00bfQui\u00e9n lo puede saber? Tampoco supe cu\u00e1ntos, de los ex\u00e1menes que hice, aprob\u00e9. NO APTO. Puerta cerrada. Yo segu\u00eda haciendo fotograf\u00edas y revelando en mi casa en una especie de laboratorio que mont\u00e9 en uno de los ba\u00f1os. Varios d\u00edas a la semana y durante 24 horas aquel ba\u00f1o estaba inoperativo en la casa. Inoperativo para su uso tradicional, quiero decir. Tambi\u00e9n por casualidad, o quiz\u00e1s no, conoc\u00ed por aquel entonces a quien ser\u00eda mi maestro por muchos a\u00f1os (y lo sigue siendo). De su mano asist\u00ed a cursos de fotograf\u00eda en una academia privada. No fueron pocos (revelado, positivado, composici\u00f3n, retrato, sistema de zonas\u2026). A\u00f1os despu\u00e9s vendr\u00eda el contacto con la fotograf\u00eda profesional, code\u00e1ndome con fotograf\u00eda de prensa, deportiva, corporativa, de producto. Pero principalmente fueron unos cuantos a\u00f1os de fotograf\u00eda de estudio, bodas y comuniones en la provincia de Segovia. Y, por supuesto, llegar\u00eda la fotograf\u00eda digital a revolucionarlo todo. El hecho de dedicarme profesionalmente a la fotograf\u00eda hizo que descuidara mi fotograf\u00eda personal. Aunque no faltaron las salidas fotogr\u00e1ficas por las Sierras de Gredos y Guadarrama para hacer fotograf\u00eda de paisaje y macro, entre otras cosas. Y despu\u00e9s de tantos a\u00f1os me apetec\u00eda m\u00e1s expresarme y abrirme en canal para sacar lo consciente y lo inconsciente. Redescubrirme. Buscarme y encontrarme. 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