Icon 085 is out

Icon Magazine issue 085 is out in the shops now featuring several pages with my photographs of the Shanghai Expo 2010. Icon Magazine is published in London and is one of the most respected Architecture and Design Magazines with and international distribution. I began working with Icon back in 2004 and I have been making regular contributions ever since.

http://www.iconeye.com/

Area 110 is out

Area issue 110. A monograph on the Shanghai Expo is featuring 10 of my photographs of the Spanish Pavilion by EMBT Miralles Tagliabue. Area is published in Italy.

Mark 26 is out

Mark Magazine issue 26 is out now featuring a 10 page display of my photographs of La Llotja in Leida by Mecanoo Architecten. Again with a text by Rafael Gomez-Moriana. A double page sample can be seen in the on line preview.

http://www.viewpictures.co.uk/Building.aspx?ID=24478

http://www.mark-magazine.com/magazine/26#

Joy of Love.The Bund, Shanghai 2010

Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967

Sex Shop, Shanghai 2010

I know its hard to believe but this is a picture of a Sex Shop, a health shop rather.

I decided to take the day off and as I was walking around the city, looking for an antiques market, I found this very odd place. Needless to say that it caught my attention and I could not resist entering to investigate.

"Sexual health shop" read the sign above the entrance of this small cubicle where a variety of condoms, creams, toys and lubricants and some other strange artifacts (and a Siberian Husky for that matter) were on display. I thought it was hilarious so I tried to engage in some conversation with the woman while pretending I was interested in acquiring some of the things she had for sale. Soon I realized that she spoke no english and since my chinese is none existent I desisted. But I did produce my camera and she stood there for few seconds for me to take this photograph. Then she hid and continued making the tea she was preparing when I entered the shop.

Once Upon a Time in America — Best ending

SUA en Madrid

El restaurante sucumbió hace unos meses a los rigores de la crisis y acabó cerrando. Pero Gonzalo Muñoz me envió hace ya un tiempo un fotografía de un rincón donde colgaba una de mis fotografías que más valoro.

Gonzalo siempre ha decorado sus bares y restaurantes con mis fotografías y guarda en su casa más de 20 copias originales que ha ido adquiriendo a lo largo de los años. Como Oscar y Gotzone o Bárbara y Paul que tambien tienen en sus casas sendas colecciones de mis fotografías. Ellos tienen también una copia de esta fotografía aunque en tamaño más pequeño.

Aunque no lo parece, para SUA Madrid encargamos una copia de más de un metro de alto por metro y medio de largo.

Hay otra tres copias de esta fotografía. La que tiene Arola, que Sara le regaló hace años por su cumpleaños, una en formato muy pequeño que regalé por su cumpleaños a Mercedes Canales y las dos únicas copias orginales que yo mismo hice y que guardo en mi casa.

Por cierto el SUA original, el primero sigue estando abierto en Bilbao.

DeNiro Talks about Once Upon A Time In America

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1/9)

Roman Polanski