The Privacy of Light

There is a kind of tension that exists only in public – not the loud kind, but a quieter charge. A person crosses a pool of shadow, unaware they have stepped into a story. I am drawn to those moments – when presence and disappearance coexist and the frame holds both.

That is where Privacy of Light began. Not as a formal project, but as a response. To how a city is shaped by light. To how we move through public space half visible. And to how photography can observe without intruding.

I have been photographing since I was a teenager – almost thirty years now. I am self-taught in the stubborn sense: reading, looking, failing, trying again. Early on, I worked with film. A twin lens reflex in Barcelona forced patience and economy. Each roll cost money I did not have, so every frame had to count. That rhythm stayed with me. Even now, I prefer to work slowly, build a composition, and let the light decide.