I WAS BORN IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA ON MAY 24TH. 1953. I STUDIED PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS IN BOSTON, WHICH I COMBINED WITH POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON,  USA. 1971-1975. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY LIVED AND WORKED IN VENEZUELA, THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.

AS A PHOTOGRAPHER I CREATE FORMS BY PAINTING WITH LIGHT. FILM (OR A DIGITAL BACK) IS MY CANVAS, THE CAMERA AND LENSES ARE MY BRUSHES, AND LIGHT IS THE PAINT WITH WHICH I REPRODUCE AN IMAGE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN TO DISCOVER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, HOW FEAR AND LOVE INTERACT IN MY LIFE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. THE COMPLEX ART OF LIVING FASCINATES ME AND I THINK THE FINE ARTS ARE A SOPHISTICATED REFLECTION OF THIS ART, OF OUR CHOICES. I FEEL THE OBVIOUS IS IN MANY CASES, WHAT IS LEAST UNDERSTOOD.

THE NOTION THAT PHOTOGRAPHY STOPS TIME ONLY SERVES OUR MEMORY, BUT THE REALITY OF LIFE IS THAT ALL THINGS ARE IMPERMANENT, IN A CONSTANT AND UNENDING FLOW OF CHANGES. SO A PHOTOGRAPH LIKE ALL ART FORMS, REMINDS US OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO CELEBRATE OR CONDEMN THE VERY NATURE OF OUR EXISTENCE. IT IS A SHOWCASE FOR OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRADICTIONS. THE ABILITY TO RECREATE A PHOTOGRAPHIC VISION IS SOMETHING AKIN TO THE REALM OF ALCHEMY, MAGIC, OR THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION. 

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTRIGUED BY HOW PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWS ME TO CREATE AN ILLUSION, A STRANGE AND IDEALIZED CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL WORLD AND WHAT IS INSIDE OF MY HEAD, HEART, SOUL... MY PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK METAPHORICALLY ILLUSTRATES CONCEPTS OF IDENTITY, POWER, LOVE, FEAR, MANIPULATION, SEDUCTION, DECEPTION, ILLUSION AND TRUTH, AMONG OTHERS. PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWS ME TO GENERATE HOPE THAT SOME LEVEL OF CONSCIOUS TRANSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE; THAT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.