Bs Aires, Argentin
SolturaDigitally shot photographs that reflect the freedom with which youth moves through life. Some images may reveal the environments and sequences through which we navigate, and the ways we inhabit space. Always alongside nature, because I grew up very close to it.
How did you start with photography?
I got the camera in 2018. Before that, I had an interest, especially with my cell phone, which had a camera that allowed me to play around with it. That's when my desire to record both video and images began. If I had to trace it back, it would be to when I was little. My parents were always the kind of people who carried a camera or a recorder, so I’m lucky to have a lot of film records of my early years. As I grew older, I started daring to grab the camera. I feel like it’s a seed that was planted in me, and later on, especially with the internet, I started daring to take photos. When I got the camera, I began to learn a bit more and started taking it a bit more seriously.
How did you build your project?
When I saw that the theme was youth, at first it seemed like a very broad concept. I wasn't sure where to direct it. The first thing that came to mind was: I am 24 years old, so I think I can include myself within what would be considered youth. And that, instead of giving me a line to follow, made it feel even broader. I don't usually group images. So I started looking for photos that I felt reminded me of youth.
I am someone who loves going camping a lot and spending time with my friends. I take being with my friends very seriously; I feel like they are the family you choose. I felt that the photos where they were present, and where there was a camping sequence or just going out for a walk, reminded me much more of youth.
There is a photo I sent of a bottle lying on the street. This gives me the idea of being out in the street, playing. It also strongly reminds me of youth. Perhaps things that are not so planned, not so organized. Those kinds of things remind me of youth.
Maybe it's a bit abstract; I couldn't fully bring it down to reality with something more concrete.
Then, looking a bit more, I found some photos I had taken of some kids swinging in a brewery. And that made me think that within the concept of youth, I could go back a little further and think of children being children.
How do you navigate youth in your day-to-day life?
I feel that, being young, you experience life in a somewhat rougher, faster way. I had the opportunity to talk with photographers in their 50s or 60s, and whenever I showed them some of my photos, they always noticed that my photos seemed spontaneous. But at the same time, this appealed to them and reminded them of something sentimental. Obviously, I recognize that the photos I take are inspired by other people. I always try to give up as many things as I can. This is similar to a kind of fear I have that what happens in my day-to-day life will remain only in my memory.
Sometimes I decide to record a video or take a photo to keep it present. Always in my group of friends, when I dared to take out the camera, they would ask me what I was taking pictures of. Nowadays, I take out the camera or my phone and record them, even invading their privacy.
This summer, I found a little digital camera and thought, well, I'll record all the time. And I have an hour of content that I want to edit more professionally later.
The thing is, I’m always holding something, recording. I feel that many young people experience this too; having access to something as powerful as a camera or a phone is incredible. More and more is being recorded.
Is there any symbol or object that you associate with youth?
The easy option would be to say a phone, but that's something that concerns everyone: older people, young people. I see it more as the speed with which you live when you're young. Everything is more, again, spontaneous. That speed and "messiness" is something very characteristic of young people. I think that’s the beauty of being so messy; organization and doing everything properly is something more for older people. I associate it with that—the speed of living just like that.
How would you like the Public to see your work?
I always like to spark interest. I really enjoy it when my work is associated with the mundane. There’s a phrase I invented: “the aesthetic in the mundane.”
I’m from Bariloche, and I lived among landscapes. When I got the camera, the first thing I did was point it at the mountains and the forest. At some point, I got tired of that. I wanted something more down-to-earth, something people could identify with more. Since I moved to the city, I take my camera and photograph whatever I find. I feel this habit developed a lot during the pandemic. I was living in the city during the pandemic. It happened that at 4 or 5 in the morning, I would grab my bike and go for a ride. I would take photos of whatever I found. And that’s when I took photos that are unrepeatable: empty streets. I like going out on the street and not being able to prepare the photo much. I got a lot of this from a photographer named Vari Caramés, who goes out with a camera in his pocket and takes photos without looking. Many of the images are out of focus, tilted. But when you look at them as a whole, they have a much deeper meaning. The photo doesn’t need to be understood or constantly scream what it is at you. That’s why the photos I take have strange angles.
How do you navigate being an emerging artist in the city/country where you live?
I feel the word artist is too grand for me, and the same goes for photographer. I’ve never felt entirely comfortable with those titles.
I don’t actively make things happen. This interview is the first sign that someone is interested in me and wants to see what I’m doing. I’ve never sought out opportunities or known how to connect with others to amplify my voice or spread my work.
Recently, I made an attempt at a podcast that somewhat relates to what you want to do with the idea of community. It’s called The Room Archives.
How would you create an artists' community?
A good starting point is to talk about what we have in common and then encourage each other to embark on projects together. Encourage people to do what they love. I think the most important thing is to go out and take photos. The first 3000 photos will probably be terrible, but that's the beauty of it. Just get out there and move. Because you can watch a bunch of videos and take a bunch of courses, but if you're not taking photos, you're not doing anything. If we enjoy taking photos, why aren't we doing it?
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