M’encanta viure d’aventures, conèixer llocs i observar el meu voltant: fixar-me en la gent, conèixer les seves hisòries, saber d’on venen, saber que els ha portat fins aquí… m’inspira i m’ompla el cor. I tinc especial debilitat per les històries d’amor, suposo que sóc una romàntica i m’intriga saber com la vida ha portat a dos persones a trobar-se.
Els últims anys tot el que nessitava em cabia en una motxila i els he dedicat a viatjar mentre’s treballava. He de confessar que ha sigut la meva manera d’escapar, arribar a un país nou i buscar-me la vida per sobreviure, però es una bonica manera d’escapar i ha sigut la meva escola de vida. Això m’ha portat a fer coses que mai hauria imaginat, com creuar el Pacífic i estar un any navegant en un vaixell de 100 anys, sense connexió a internet ni corrent. Viure de manera analògica em va fer estar més present que mai. Els únics passatemps: una petita biblioteca, jocs de taula, manualitats… i una càmera de fotos. Sempre havia volgut aprendre fotografia, i va ser allà, al mig del mar, quan vaig començar a fotografiar. Volia documentar tot allò que passava al vaixell i vaig descobrir que m’encantava fotografiar persones, per després poder-los regalar aquell trosset de temps que ja havia volat, però que es pot capturar i tornar a mirar.
Sóc una nostàlgica empedreïda, enamorada del que ja ha passat, però amb la mirada plena d’il·lusió per tot el que vindrà. I en aquest ball entre els records i el futur, intento agafar-me al present amb totes dues mans. Perquè al final, el que vull és això: capturar el moment, abans que s’escapi.
I love living adventures, discovering new places, and observing the world around me: paying attention to people, hearing their stories, learning where they come from, understanding what brought them here… it inspires me and fills my heart. And I have a special soft spot for love stories. I guess I’m a romantic at heart, and I’m fascinated by how life brings two people together.
Over the last few years, everything I needed fit into a backpack, and I dedicated that time to travelling while working along the way. I have to admit that it was my way of escaping, arriving in a new country and figuring out how to make a life for myself there. But it was a beautiful way to escape, and it became my school of life. This led me to experiences I never could have imagined, like crossing the Pacific Ocean and spending a year sailing on a 100-year-old ship, without internet connection or electricity. Living so simply and offline made me more present than ever before. Our only pastime: a small library, board games, crafts… and a camera. I had always wanted to learn photography, and it was there, in the middle of the ocean, where I first started taking photos. I wanted to document everything that was happening on the ship, and I discovered how much I loved photographing people, so that later I could give them back that little piece of time that had already flown by, but could still be captured and looked back on again.
I’m deeply nostalgic, in love with what has already passed, yet with my eyes full of excitement for everything that is still to come. And somewhere in this dance between memories and the future, I try to hold onto the present with both hands. Because in the end, this is what I want: to capture the moment, before it slips away.
