"Passion" is a word that I use when thinking about art and is the
personal
drive that compels my interest in photography.
In my chronologically long involvement with Mexico, from 1958, when I
went
to Chihuahua to lay my mother to rest, to the present, I find my
sensitivities
have evolved towards a passion for the color and iconography that I feel is
particularly Mexican.
While photographing in Extremadura, Spain in 1985, 1 was struck by the
lack
of color and realized that "Indianismo" was mainly responsible for the
coloration of the man-made landscape in Mexico.
In 1988 1 put aside black and white, and began photographing in color
while
trying to retain a sense of the mythology of space and surreal qualities
that
typifies my earlier and ongoing work. I continue with this personal passion
and
involvement that has gained new stimulation for the photography I call "El
Color y Forma de Mexico" (The Color and Form of Mexico).
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