Diversity Decontextualized:  Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variations in the qualities or attributes under any context of discussion. It is a form of individualism, unique characteristics, values, and beliefs. The photographs that make up this portafolio, "Gender, Number, and Persons", are a selection of fortunate encounters with as many variations in appearance as my need, as a photographer, to assume these "others" as my "other" selves.All these portraits were taken in the streets of Mexico City during the Gay Pride Parade (2003-2006), in informal circumstances and with natural light, where possible indicators of the rejection of uniformity -the dress, attitude, manners and even key expectations of gender identity of my subjects- lie on the sharp frontier between illusion and reality. More

Dragged to Kill: The individuals I find and photograph in the street are unique, because once a year during the LGBT Pride, they strip away the disguises that "normality" imposes on them and embody their yearnings in the light of day: signs of a world where it is possible to be faithful to the inner self even while glorifying the external.  These people are unique yet countless, like the manifestations of human sexuality that have multiplied the aims of the esthetics of the body into a spread like the spectrum of light.They pose with concentration, proud and isolated from the visual noise of the street, and I may capture the exceedingly sublime nature of their beauty, without retouching or other tarnishes, and show it in full sun without protective shading, inviting all observers to a show of the latest fashion individually invented.  More

Big Faces:  “Big Face” is a series of decontextualized street portraits taken in informal circumstances and with natural light, using an extreme close-up as the main format to create uncomfortable results for the viewers. The series creates a new way of looking at traditional portraits as landscapes. It creates a catalog of scenarios with unexpected placements or juxtapositions all related to the human condition, in unusual or provocative sequences that draw upon various sources such as gender contrasts, diversity issues, and different states of emotions. More

The Way We Were: This series investigates and confronts some of the cultural and social stereotypes underlying gender, opting to focus on the beauty, sensitivity and vulnerabilities found in the transgender community. These "Transgender Intimiate Portraits" are a personal delving into their subjects, with unexpected placements or juxtapositions related to the human condition, involving provocative sequences that transgress gender expectations and stereotypes. More