journal

notas visuales

Photographs, observations, and stories collected along the way.

Fotografías, observaciones e historias encontradas en el camino.

Echoes of Another Time

Echoes of
Another Time

Ecos de otro tiempo

Some people move through the world as if they carry a different rhythm with them.

Hay personas que atraviesan el mundo como si llevaran consigo un ritmo distinto.

Italy / Valencia / Costa Rica

Horse-drawn carriage illuminated by festival lights during a cultural celebration in italy
Traditional fisherman navigating the waters of Albufera, Spain, photographed during a documentary travel journal.
Traditional fisherman navigating the waters of Albufera, Spain, photographed during a documentary travel journal.
Travelers exploring a forest trail surrounded by lush vegetation during a nature excursion.
Travelers exploring a forest trail surrounded by lush vegetation during a nature excursion.

Some people move through the world as if they carry a different rhythm with them.

Some people move through the world as if they carry a different rhythm with them.

Hay personas que atraviesan el mundo como si llevaran consigo un ritmo distinto.

Valencia, Spain
Florency, Italy
Monteverde, Costa Rica

Some people move through the world as if they carry a different rhythm with them.

Between Two Shores

Photographs from opposite sides of the Atlantic. Different shores, different lives, yet the same instinct to stop, look outward, and imagine what lies beyond. A collection of photographs connected by water, distance, and the quiet moments that make distant places feel strangely familiar.

Entre dos costas

Fotografías realizadas a ambos lados del Atlántico. Lugares separados por el agua y la distancia, unidos por la misma necesidad de detenerse, observar e imaginar aquello que se encuentra más allá del horizonte. Imágenes conectadas por momentos silenciosos capaces de hacer que lo lejano se sienta familiar.

Fotografías realizadas a ambos lados del Atlántico. Lugares separados por el agua y la distancia, unidos por la misma necesidad de detenerse, observar e imaginar aquello que se encuentra más allá del horizonte. Imágenes conectadas por momentos silenciosos capaces de hacer que lo lejano se sienta familiar.

Punta Morales, Costa Rica
Alicante, Spain
Florida, USA
Limón, Costa Rica

Photographs from opposite sides of the Atlantic. Different shores, different lives, yet the same instinct to stop, look outward, and imagine what lies beyond. A collection of photographs connected by water, distance, and the quiet moments that make distant places feel strangely familiar.

Small fishing boat crossing calm coastal waters in Between Two Shores, a visual journal connecting distant coastlines.
Two people sitting on the beach looking toward the horizon in Between Two Shores.
Beachgoers enjoying the Mediterranean coastline in Alicante, Spain, featured in Between Two Shores.

Punta Morales, Costa Rica
Alicante, Spain
Limón, Costa Rica
Florida, USA

Beach with people lounging under umbrellas, palm trees, and a city skyline with hills in the background.
Siluetas de pescadores al atardecer frente al mar Caribe en Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica.
Vista de una playa en Florida al atardecer, con el océano, la arena y la luz cálida del final del día. 
Las Hogueras fascinated me long before I understood them.
At first, I saw fire, noise, and celebration. Then I realized the tradition is really about accepting that even the things we love eventually disappear. Every monument is built knowing its destiny from the beginning.
As a photographer, that tension feels impossible to ignore. These images are my attempt to hold on to a few moments from a night designed to let go.

Before the Ashes

antes de las cenizas

Las Hogueras fascinated me long before I understood them. At first, I saw fire, noise, and celebration. Then I realized the tradition is really about accepting that even the things we love eventually disappear. Every monument is built knowing its destiny from the beginning. As a photographer, that tension feels impossible to ignore. These images are my attempt to hold on to a few moments from a night designed to let go.

Las Hogueras me fascinaron mucho antes de comprenderlas. Al principio veía fuego, ruido y celebración. Más tarde entendí que la tradición habla, en realidad, de aceptar que incluso aquello que amamos termina desapareciendo. Cada monumento nace conociendo desde el principio cuál será su destino. Como fotógrafo, esa contradicción resulta imposible de ignorar. Estas imágenes son mi intento de aferrarme a algunos momentos de una noche creada precisamente para dejar ir.

Alicante, Spain

A burning Hoguera monument during Las Hogueras de Alicante, Spain.

Alicante, Spain

Before the Ashes

Firefighter working through smoke during Las Hogueras celebrations in Alicante.
People gathering during Las Hogueras de Alicante, a traditional fire festival in Spain.
Crowd moving through water and smoke during the Cremà at Las Hogueras de Alicante.
Flames consuming a festival monument during the Cremà in Alicante, Spain.
Documentary photographs capturing the intensity, ritual and emotion of Las Hogueras de Alicante before the flames turn everything to ash.
Documentary photographs capturing the intensity, ritual and emotion of Las Hogueras de Alicante before the flames turn everything to ash. 
Alicante, Spain

Las Hogueras me fascinaron mucho antes de comprenderlas.

Al principio veía fuego, ruido y celebración. Más tarde entendí que la tradición habla, en realidad, de aceptar que incluso aquello que amamos termina desapareciendo. Cada monumento nace conociendo desde el principio cuál será su destino.

Como fotógrafo, esa contradicción resulta imposible de ignorar. Estas imágenes son mi intento de aferrarme a algunos momentos de una noche creada precisamente para dejar ir.

Before the Ashes

Waiting

La espera

Waiting is a universal condition. At bus stops, train stations, shorelines and public squares, people occupy the space between departure and arrival, certainty and doubt, presence and absence. These photographs explore those suspended moments where nothing appears to happen, yet something essential is taking place beneath the surface.

A woman with curly hair in a white shirt sitting next to a man with glasses, a hat, and a face mask, who is holding a phone and raising his hand. They are at a street market with closed shop shutters and baskets of produce around.
A woman with curly hair in a white shirt sitting next to a man with glasses, a hat, and a face mask, who is holding a phone and raising his hand. They are at a street market with closed shop shutters and baskets of produce around.

La espera es una condición universal.

En paradas de autobús, estaciones de tren, costas y plazas públicas, las personas habitan ese espacio intermedio entre la partida y la llegada, entre la certeza y la duda, entre la presencia y la ausencia.

Estas fotografías exploran esos momentos suspendidos en los que aparentemente no ocurre nada y, sin embargo, algo esencial está sucediendo bajo la superficie.

La espera es una condición universal. En paradas de autobús, estaciones de tren, costas y plazas públicas, las personas habitan ese espacio intermedio entre la partida y la llegada, entre la certeza y la duda, entre la presencia y la ausencia. Estas fotografías exploran esos momentos suspendidos en los que aparentemente no ocurre nada y, sin embargo, algo esencial está sucediendo bajo la superficie.

Costa Rica
Morocco
Spain

Passengers seated inside a city bus during a daily commute
Passengers seated inside a city bus during a daily commute 
Costa Rica, Spain & Morocco
Solitary figure standing on rocks overlooking the ocean
Man walking through a narrow urban street carrying papers
Child looking through the window of public transportation
Child looking through the window of public transportation
Passenger looking through a train window during a journey

La espera

Waiting is a universal condition.

At bus stops, train stations, shorelines and public squares, people occupy the space between departure and arrival, certainty and doubt, presence and absence.

These photographs explore those suspended moments where nothing appears to happen, yet something essential is taking place beneath the surface.
Elderly sitting alone outside a building entrance

Waiting

Two people sitting quietly on a bench along a coastal promenade
Commuter waiting alone on a train platform at dusk
Commuter waiting alone on a train platform at dusk

Ritual and Arena

Ritual y arena

Every December, the arena of Zapote becomes a stage. Bullfighters, vendors, medics, masked characters and spectators gather around a tradition that has shaped Costa Rican popular culture for generations. At the center of it all are the toreros improvisados—ordinary people who step into the ring and become part of the spectacle. A portrait of the community that keeps the ritual alive.

Cada diciembre, la arena de Zapote se transforma en un escenario. Toreros, vendedores, personal médico, personajes enmascarados y espectadores se reúnen alrededor de una tradición que ha formado parte de la cultura popular costarricense durante generaciones. En el centro de todo están los toreros improvisados: personas comunes que entran al ruedo y se convierten en parte del espectáculo. Un retrato de la comunidad que mantiene vivo el ritual.

Costa Rica

Vendor carrying cotton candy during a crowded community festival at night
Vendor carrying cotton candy during a crowded community festival at night

Cada diciembre, la arena de Zapote se transforma en un escenario.

Toreros, vendedores, personal médico, personajes enmascarados y espectadores se reúnen alrededor de una tradición que ha formado parte de la cultura popular costarricense durante generaciones. En el centro de todo están los toreros improvisados: personas comunes que entran al ruedo y se convierten en parte del espectáculo.

Un retrato de la comunidad que mantiene vivo el ritual.

Festival participant preparing for a traditional community celebration 
Costa Rica
Portrait of a performer wearing a traditional festival mask
Festival character wearing a bright pink costume and hat
Participants helping each other prepare costumes before a performance
Paramedics watching the festival from inside a building

Every December, the arena of Zapote becomes a stage. Bullfighters, vendors, medics, masked characters and spectators gather around a tradition that has shaped Costa Rican popular culture for generations. At the center of it all are the toreros improvisados—ordinary people who step into the ring and become part of the spectacle. A portrait of the community that keeps the ritual alive.

Performers participating in a traditional festival performance
Close-up portrait of a masked performer during a community festival

Ritual and Arena