Viv(r)e la Vie!
Digital Photography, Portrait, Digital, 50x45x2cm
Viv(r)e la Vie! is a photography series "in process", consisting of photographs of couples in profile with a landscape of a countryside in the background, and is a homage to the people that resist to become invisible.
The concept depicts the two contrary principles: masculine and feminine, which are found in an embrace as a symbol of the partnership, the union and belonging. The coniferous landscapes represent the power of vital force, of immortality.
Viv(r)e la Vie! is a photographic typology of couples which meet in order to dance every Sunday in a community center. I began the series in Guadalajara, Spain, with the idea of putting together a set of series of 10 to 15 couples in different cities around the world.
Couples of a certain age, people barely seen socially, but who have not stopped living life fully and whose close relation is photographed in the Sunday outing dances of the community centers of their area.
The photographs give visibility to people which, for a certain time, have lacked such visibility. This series, at the same time, documents the cultural diversity that exists between different cities and countries. The purpose of this project would be to form an extensive visual transcultural inventory, almost as small histories of social and anthropological life of some people that are reaching a mature age, but remain active.
The second series of Viv(r)e la Vie was developed in the American city of Philadelphia in June 2011 thanks to an artist residency I was granted by the Philadelphia Art Hotel. The third series of this project will be developed in June 2012 in Finland thanks to a residency granted by the Arteles Creative Center and the fourth in December 2012 in Cuba.
The concept depicts the two contrary principles: masculine and feminine, which are found in an embrace as a symbol of the partnership, the union and belonging. The coniferous landscapes represent the power of vital force, of immortality.
Viv(r)e la Vie! is a photographic typology of couples which meet in order to dance every Sunday in a community center. I began the series in Guadalajara, Spain, with the idea of putting together a set of series of 10 to 15 couples in different cities around the world.
Couples of a certain age, people barely seen socially, but who have not stopped living life fully and whose close relation is photographed in the Sunday outing dances of the community centers of their area.
The photographs give visibility to people which, for a certain time, have lacked such visibility. This series, at the same time, documents the cultural diversity that exists between different cities and countries. The purpose of this project would be to form an extensive visual transcultural inventory, almost as small histories of social and anthropological life of some people that are reaching a mature age, but remain active.
The second series of Viv(r)e la Vie was developed in the American city of Philadelphia in June 2011 thanks to an artist residency I was granted by the Philadelphia Art Hotel. The third series of this project will be developed in June 2012 in Finland thanks to a residency granted by the Arteles Creative Center and the fourth in December 2012 in Cuba.
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