(impermanence)

Artist Statement

My passion for photography stems from a curious and questioning look, to which I add a love of simplicity of form, and the perfect geometry that nature presents; leaving me the electrifying creative task of deciding the shot and composing it in a fraction of a second .

Only photography lets me know where I am: here, and who I am: this moment. It is through the lens that I live and die, and I forget myself to meet with myself again, because ultimately: what we see is what we are.

To me, photography is all about observation. Basically I can say my work focuses on my interest in, and observation of mankind and his environment. I like to capture those private universes that through photography become unique; to show the most common and mundane acts of daily existence, details that speak of a life that sometimes one does not see, or is not aware of .

So, something that becomes a pattern in my work is the interest in collecting what is on the edge of the eye, to leave the door ajar so we can snoop inside, turning the viewer into an accidental voyeur. I like show fragmentary scenes, sometimes isolating and embellishing the subject; and other times confronting the public space with intimate situations. There is some introspection too, through these fragmentary scenes, that invites the viewer to create their own story of what they are seeing.

In this context I use color as a natural form of expression because it brings one closer to reality, and also possesses that kind of more conceptual suggestive ability. But ultimately, both the color and the shape, or any other part of photography is for me a medium that has a higher purpose, which is to show the man and his world.

Roser Diaz

(impermanence)

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diazrous. photographer most days

BRISTOL BIENNIAL 2014