I am a Bolivian, nationalized Spanish photographer currently based in England.

I started in traditional photography at the end of 2013, in a transition process in my life in which photography became my partner. During the following years, I dedicated myself to discovering my path within photography, learning and training at the same time. I started traveling, exploring new places, and getting more into the photographic world.

Within my insatiable search for photographic techniques and styles, I discovered infrared photography. By the end of 2019, I had bought a used 590nm infrared-converted camera. The first photos I took were only in this spectrum. My previous experience in landscape photography and composition made my learning process easier. I was able to concentrate on understanding how infrared works, its history and evolution, its application, and its photographic and editing processes.

In the middle of the pandemic, when many of us were locked up, I experimented with infrared photography with every opportunity I had to leave the house until, little by little, I realized that a camera that only shoots at 590nm was no longer enough for me. I needed more, so I decided to advance to the next level. With Kolari Vision, I took the next step: converting my camera to full spectrum and acquiring a complete set of filters that would allow me to play with the different options.

Automatically the range of possibilities opened, and with it, the option of being able to project a reality different from the one we are used to. My way of seeing reality in terms of colors was extraordinary.

I have been working intensively for the last three years in my two photographic styles – traditional landscape and infrared landscape photography. I think they are the ideal complement for me.

I try to have both visions for most of my shots. Most of the time, I travel with both cameras. Still, I have found myself in situations where I must choose what I want to take with me since the routes involve many hours of walking, and carrying heavy equipment with me makes a big difference in the quality of shots at the end of the day.

During the last six months, I have been away from home, traveling through South America and working on a new project which I am very excited about. I intend to introduce infrared photography in Latin America to my portfolio.

This is a very little-known style in the places where I have concentrated this year. Traveling through Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina, I always had the opportunity to talk about infrared photography, show how the equipment works, and use various filters. This is definitely a place still unknown, explored, or exploited photographically in infrared.