Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and from Spanish descent; at an early age I was exposed to photography thanks to my dad. The curiosity of knowing how his 6x6 camera worked piqued my interest. That strange box with a hatch on top that let me see the world square and inverted mesmerized me. Then, seeing how it magically froze the reflection of life on a negative after opening a little hole for a short while, captivated me.
With that immense curiosity added to the innocence of my childhood, my good old Spanish grandfather used to tease me with the tales of him being some sort of a modern Sherlock Holmes. He had a beret, a magnifying glass, and a smoking pipe, thus thought I had found unequivocal proof of it thing that filled my childhood with fantastic tales told by him, plays and joy. Later I was given a magnifier and a microfilm camera that also brought me much joy and (bad) photos.
What started as a game became passion when I bought my first film SLR camera in 2000. I started to pursue beauty empirically while seeing life through a hole, landscapes, animals, family. Then, when developing pictures became an unnecessary complication, I acquired a DSLR to shoot my best friend’s wedding in L.A. There my passion met what became my craft years after, after lots of books, workshops, courses and images. I've taken more than thirty courses —and counting— with many artists, semiologists, philosophers, curators, and with some of the best wedding photographers around the world, I also have have a professional degree on Photography endorsed by the UCAB done in the CIEF, Venezuela.