Spanish photographer Jesús Madriñán takes everyday, commonplace moments, translating them into dreamlike sequences. As he says, “I tend to transform spaces and daily experiences with the use of light into oneiric realities.”
He goes on: “I think that the most basic, pure and clear art element is oneself; that is why I have always loved to take the intimacy and reality of each person, of a life, and turn it into art. In this way, I am working in series in which the characters are showed in a psychological way, always finding a relation between them and the space were they are.”
Madriñán invites the audience to complete the story lines he begins with his photos. He presents “lonely characters, melancholic but beautiful…A non-action that allows me to open doors to lots of meanings, by creating a cold environment and an anxious atmosphere, always thinking about the increasing loneliness of the contemporary human being. In some scenes [there] seems to be no danger, but drama or human emotion is being intensely lived inside the photographed character.”
Still in school, Madriñán is pursuing a masters in Communication Design and Photography at the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London.
Images courtesy of Jesús Madriñán.
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