Venezuela’s mid-2010s shortages and frequent robberies pushed the speaker to leave, after witnessing violence firsthand. Arrival in England for university brought feelings of not belonging and questions about identity, alongside grief for what was left behind. Visits to Venezuela remain deeply connected to family and the ocean, where childhood memories and shared love of the sea continue. Shooting on the beach led to time with young people and a desire to give something back. In 2018, a goodbye trip to Playa Medina introduced a surreal landscape and an image of two brothers returning from fishing, which became the foundation for a project developed over the next ten years.
"We drove through the mountains to Playa Medina, which is an amazing beach with Japanese forest grass that's full of vultures. I would wake up at 5am and there was this super soft light, with the water this brown-green colour. It's such a surreal place. One morning I saw these two brothers coming back from a fishing trip with their dad... I only made this one single image of them on my Mamiya camera... shaped my project for the next 10 years."
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