STATEMENT

In 2010 and 2011, I had the opportunity to visit Tanzania with the objective of researching the struggle of the nomadic peoples Pokot, Samburu, Maasai, and Turkana to preserve their culture, specifically the ancestral codes present in their adornments. This task is as gigantic as their main adversary: globalization. Over time, semi-precious stones have been replaced by plastic beads, and the leather from wild animals by industrialized fabrics. The signifier has changed, but not the meaning.

  "Black Light" is the record of a culture that adapts to survive in a globalized world.

 To document this saga of resistance, I subverted the relationship between light and shadow, between revelation and concealment. Although the illuminated areas are filled with meaning, it is in the dark zone where I concentrate my poetics, provoking tension in the characters while stimulating the imagination. To enhance the play between light and shadow, I used underexposure as a tool. This technique eliminates details in the low-lit areas, creating a dense and timeless universe.

 In this series , we are not facing ordinary human beings. The entire construction aims to place us in front of gods and goddesses, revealing the essence of a people fighting to preserve their ancestry.