Que gran artista, sorprendente que haya tanta historia atrás de cada imagen, me toca el alma como vemos la historia, la evolución, los legados, la forma en como vemos cada momento de vida.
The Transcription: . . my specialty is to make photographs that are narrative, tell a story, comment 0:26on the society, the economy, changes that are happening right now, I 0:32am from baby boom´s generation since I was a kid there has been many 0:38changes in this world so I observe the differences and try to ca pture them in my pictures 0:45this series that I made It´s called Julio´s House 0:50It was showcased at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Miami in 2018 and another 0:58gallery in San Francisco named the SF Cameraworks Gallery in 2019 1:05now I have the joy and the honour to been able to present them here in Fábrica 1:18Julio was an uncle in law of mine 1:22Julio was a man who worked at the Ferry Floridita 1:25between Havana and Cuba during the 50´s and he worked as a waiter 1:31but he also had a show of magic 1:34he migrated in 1959 when the ferry stopped working 1:39and he stayed in Florida, where he started working as a waiter 1:42in one of the hotels at Miami beach 1:46and every time he would save some money, he would buy a visa 1:53to some member of the family 1:57and he took 12 family members out of the country 1:59whom eventually 2:02were based in New York o Miami 2:13As as was raised, I would go to the partys in his house, a house with some very 2:19extravagant interiors and as I grew up, the less I saw Julio 2:2535 years passed by and I never saw it again 2:27and uncle called and told me 2:32julio has died 2:40would you like to pass by his house and stay with the pictures and I 2:45said yes 3:06what I was trying to capture here was the kitsch style that was so 3:12popular during the 50+s and 60´s not only in Cuba but 3:17areas as Miami and Mexico 3:24it´s a little barroque style but popular 3:27it´s not a very refined style, has very strong colors 3:29with materials and technology that were used at the moment so 3:36it was a mix of semi clasic with modern 3:40and I wanted to capture that escence that I saw in Julio´s interiors 3:44and also to capture the level of wear that I found 3:51in these spaces, his taste, his way to see the world 3:57the nest he created to protect himself from society the scape he 4:05found in this house and is something very beautiful, this space 4:10is gonso I am glad to see that exists still in the pictures that I created 4:20I work mostly in black and white, I am a little bit afraid of the color 4:27color tends to seduce 4:32I don´t like that that, I am more drawn to the intelectual attempt of a good composition 4:36but I have broken with way of thinking and started to experiment 4:46with julio´s series and I am very satisfied of how has turned out and the 4:52result 4:58I want them to see it as a universal topic. the topic of family, a family 5:07member that perhaps was not appreciated as It should have 5:13julio was gay and in many aspects 5:20he kept himself away from the family but he was the one that in many occasions 5:25helped the family and is like closing the circle because he was 5:33raised in this neighborhood and bring them here to Fábrica is an honour and very poetic 5:39in a way
well done Orestes.... Honoring your Uncle & Family as you do.
Que gran artista, sorprendente que haya tanta historia atrás de cada imagen, me toca el alma como vemos la historia, la evolución, los legados, la forma en como vemos cada momento de vida.
The Transcription:
.
.
my specialty is to make photographs that are narrative, tell a story, comment
0:26on the society, the economy, changes that are happening right now, I
0:32am from baby boom´s generation since I was a kid there has been many
0:38changes in this world so I observe the differences and try to ca pture them in my pictures
0:45this series that I made It´s called Julio´s House
0:50It was showcased at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Miami in 2018 and another
0:58gallery in San Francisco named the SF Cameraworks Gallery in 2019
1:05now I have the joy and the honour to been able to present them here in Fábrica
1:18Julio was an uncle in law of mine
1:22Julio was a man who worked at the Ferry Floridita
1:25between Havana and Cuba during the 50´s and he worked as a waiter
1:31but he also had a show of magic
1:34he migrated in 1959 when the ferry stopped working
1:39and he stayed in Florida, where he started working as a waiter
1:42in one of the hotels at Miami beach
1:46and every time he would save some money, he would buy a visa
1:53to some member of the family
1:57and he took 12 family members out of the country
1:59whom eventually
2:02were based in New York o Miami
2:13As as was raised, I would go to the partys in his house, a house with some very
2:19extravagant interiors and as I grew up, the less I saw Julio
2:2535 years passed by and I never saw it again
2:27and uncle called and told me
2:32julio has died
2:40would you like to pass by his house and stay with the pictures and I
2:45said yes
3:06what I was trying to capture here was the kitsch style that was so
3:12popular during the 50+s and 60´s not only in Cuba but
3:17areas as Miami and Mexico
3:24it´s a little barroque style but popular
3:27it´s not a very refined style, has very strong colors
3:29with materials and technology that were used at the moment so
3:36it was a mix of semi clasic with modern
3:40and I wanted to capture that escence that I saw in Julio´s interiors
3:44and also to capture the level of wear that I found
3:51in these spaces, his taste, his way to see the world
3:57the nest he created to protect himself from society the scape he
4:05found in this house and is something very beautiful, this space
4:10is gonso I am glad to see that exists still in the pictures that I created
4:20I work mostly in black and white, I am a little bit afraid of the color
4:27color tends to seduce
4:32I don´t like that that, I am more drawn to the intelectual attempt of a good composition
4:36but I have broken with way of thinking and started to experiment
4:46with julio´s series and I am very satisfied of how has turned out and the
4:52result
4:58I want them to see it as a universal topic. the topic of family, a family
5:07member that perhaps was not appreciated as It should have
5:13julio was gay and in many aspects
5:20he kept himself away from the family but he was the one that in many occasions
5:25helped the family and is like closing the circle because he was
5:33raised in this neighborhood and bring them here to Fábrica is an honour and very poetic
5:39in a way