The art of pointing - that's how photography has been called. To me the most important aspect of photography is to point out, to highlight, the extraordinary that is enmeshed in the reality we see.  Unlike other visual arts, photography allows the artist to instantly and relatively easily create the concrete basis for further work: the raw photographic image. Besides technical and compositional issues, the fundamental option available to the photographer is the selection of the subject to be photographed. I often try to capture images that reveal aspects of the world that may expose beauty and harmony that normally escape our attention. My most satisfying photographs are the result of an intuitive process that finds the image that will be recorded by the camera,  largely without direct intervention of my intellect. Although great care is involved in planning the photograph and producing the print, meeting and acknowledging that elusive moment is for me the most intense part of the process. I like to think that at this moment the viewer and viewed coincide in a sort of magical act in which the parts resonate and the image is recorded without conscious thinking. If there is a "message" that I hope the final print will convey, it is to be a condensed representation of that feeling.

I have been photographing since 1980, when I bought a 35 mm camera after finishing college. Since then I have been a passionate photographer and used a variety of cameras, including Canon's 5D and 300D, medium format Pentax 6x7, Yashica 6x6, 35mm Nikon, etc. Prints of my photographs are available for purchase. See the "Prints" section of this web site for details.

Manuel