HUMAN PRESENCE

This open call presented an opportunity for me as a photographer because most photographs I take involve human presence in some form or another. Still far from portraits, what I intent to capture is what lies around and beneath the people that make up the landscape or the scenery. The emotions and stories hidden, sometimes in plain sight, can be found in the movement, pace or motion of people interacting with their environment or in the light and shadows that may surround a still body. #emotionaldepth

These stories arise from images of people caught in a moment. That’s what I look for in street photographing wandering about looking for small stories inside fleeting moments. #storytelling

Again, such stories evoke emotions, memories and desires unwrapping the #psychologicalcomplexity present in everyday life and in the daily actions that we take for granted like walking or sitting for a meal. Photography being a human activity reminds us that in any landscape photograph, the most remote or the busiest urban scene, someone took that picture. There had to be human intervention. When confronted with someone on a photo, a human presence, it translates to us as a familiar feeling or a feeling of belonging. #humanelementinlandscape

Asia Street Photo at Halftone

人 跡》"Human Presence" brings together a collective of 14 photographers from #Halftone, mostly artists connected to Macau and Portugal, to explore identity, community, culture, and urban life. With concept works in black&white and in colour, the exhibition invites reflection on how human presence has shaped societies and cultural heritage. I am really happy to be included with a set of five photographs from my trip to Japan in 2016. Make sure to drop by Creative Macau 創意空間 - 創意產業中心 until May 5th #streetphotography

The questions that arise when we look at an image are what I consider the MAIN element when photographing people on their daily lives. It fascinates me to wonder what goes on in those moments, but it’s even more fascinating knowing that someone else will look at those images and ask totally different questions than mine as the photographer. Hopefully these questions create a connection between people breaking down barriers of misconception and nurture curiosity towards others, other cultures, and other lives beyond our own.