My work stays on the digital ground with an analogic side. It focuses on the daily lives of strangers or mundane situations that might go unnoticed. I tell stories through them, or their stories are told through my lens. I’m drawn to either kitsch or minimal style; both have an important influence on my prints.
The pictures I never took are living in the back of my head.
Hace 40 años abrió El Bodegón de las Abuelas en Villa Crespo junto a su hermana María del Carmen.
Mientras le pedía que eligiera un lugar para sacarle un retrato me dijo “Tomame acá con Gardel” mientras posaba.
Ella, su hermana y 6 personas más, llevan adelante el bodegón.
Meterse en un lugar donde no formas parte era algo que me moría por hacer para salir de la “comodidad” de fotear desconocidos en la calle.
Quería vincularme.
Cuando hablé con el encargado, me contó que una de las abuelas la hermana no estaba porque se había caído y ahí me replantié si quedarme o volver otro día pero una hora después ya había intercambiado número con los chicos para compartirnos las fotos.
Arrancan a las 7 de la mañana hasta las 4 sin parar.
Una de las chicas me dijo que Tere estaba desde las 6.
"Sos tremenda vos..." Me dijo cuando me despedí.
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"Hortencia Teresita, but my dad used to call me Teresita.’ That's how Tere introduced herself last Friday.
Forty years ago, she and her sister María del Carmen opened El Bodegón de las Abuelas in Villa Crespo.
As I was asking her to pick a spot for a portait, she said, 'Take my picture here with Gardel,' while she posed.
She, her sister, and six others keep the bodegón running.
I was eager to get into a place where I wasn't necessarily part of the daily grind, just to break away from the “comfort” of photographing strangers on the street.
I wanted to connect.
When I talked to the manager, he mentioned that one of the abuelas—her sister—wasn't there because she had fallen, and I wondered if I should stay or come back another day. But an hour later, I had already exchanged numbers with the crew to share the photos. They start everyday from 7 a.m. until 4 without stopping.
One of the women told me that Tere comes at 6.
'You're something else...' she said when I said goodbye."