Latin America Professional Award 2023 Shortlist

On 18 December 2022, the Argentinian national football team won its third World Cup, after 36 years of waiting. Across the country, eager crowds came out into the streets to celebrate: men, women, children, elderly people and families displayed uncontrolled happiness, passion, pride and emotion. Two days later the champions arrived in the country and their procession drew more than four million people to Buenos Aires. I was part of both days as a fan and a photographer, submerged in a human sea of joy, hugs, singing, beer, water and ‘crazy snow’.

Since I was young I understood that I wanted to have many lives, that one life would not be enough to satisfy my desire to experience different realities. I was a lawyer, journalist, audiovisual producer, cultural manager, teacher and, for more than eight years now, my obsession is to go out with my camera and let myself be surprised by people, places, situations, serendipities and that kind of beautifully unpredictable things. I enjoy observing its dynamics and details, talking to people, forming bonds, and for all of that to permeate my work. I see everything transforming in front of me in combinations of people, lights, colors, shadows. Besides, I always felt like a fish in water among crowds, whether at a sporting event, a popular festival or a protest demonstration. That energy lifts me up.  If I have to define genres, I could say that I do street, documentary and social photography, although I do not care about these kinds of labels. I wander, I interact, I search and search for myself, that is all. At this stage, in this life, what interests me most is to continue transforming myself through these experiences and evolving along with my photography.