Paqui y Otman
Paqui y Otman se casaron el día 16 de Junio 2018 en el ayuntamiento de Talavera de la Reina.
Ivan y Alex
Ivan y Alex se casaron el 9 de Junio 2018 en hotel Mayorazgo, Madrid. La ceremonia incluyó un detalle muy especial – una vela que los dos novios encendieron a la vez. La vela significa unidad, dos personas uniéndose y convirtiéndose una sola cosa más grande de ninguno de los dos solos.
Justo Gallego
JUSTO GALLEGO MARTÍNEZ Labrador y ex monje español de 92 años que desde hace más de medio siglo construye una catedral en su pueblo natal, Mejorada del Campo. Biografía A los 36 años, enferma de tuberculosis y ve frustrado su sueño de convertirse en sacerdote al tener que abandonar el monasterio donde vivía en Soria para evitar el contagio. Tras…
Pensioners
The pensioners are back in the streets of Madrid in May, protesting new state budgets, proposed sustainability measures, and a gender bias in pensions (all of which imply cuts in pensions).
La Manada – The Wolf Pack
On Thursday 26th of April, Spanish courts announced the verdict of the trial of five men, dubbed La Manada “the Wolf-Pack”, who were accused of the rape of an 18 year old girl during the San Fermin bull-running festival in July 2016. The court convicted the five men of sexual abuse, not rape. The difference between the two under current…
Los Gabarreros del Espinar
Los Gabarreros are a type of leñador (woodcutter/lumberjack) unique to the Sierra de Guadarrama area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_Guadarrama – thats what wikipedia has to say about that). Essentially they were leñadores who specialised in felling trees on the sides of the mountains in the area, and transporting the wood back to their villages using horses or donkeys. Clearly there were some specific difficulties…
Henry Part 2
Henry’s back again, we had a blast, even though it was 10pm. Tried some different stuff, some of it worked…some didn’t! It was still fun though.
Henry Part 1
Henry, or to give him his full title Henry Martel Escobar Mr. San Salvador 2014 (https://www.facebook.com/henry.martelescobar), the easiest model ever, turns up at my flat/studio…we mess around and shoot some stuff and strangely enough it always turns out great. I suppose the key is being cool person to person and forgetting the little black box between you…?
Carlos y Marco
Carlos and Marco didn’t get married…but they did let me use them for a camera and manual lens test (Nikon D3x and Nikon 135mm f3.5, bargain second hand) in the city lights of Madrid by night. I will be eternally grateful. Carlos y Marco no se casaron, pero me dejaron usarles como prueba para una cámara nueva, un objetivo…