(Light in the Shadow)
the street, the hotel and my room independent stories that inhabit the same present.
¨Finding peace by connecting through photography¨
’A blossoming arises when there is a type of will, a motive
…it does not come “suddenly”, the wound is visited with pain and the memory is fed with vice
LOOK STRAIGHT and face the wall itself
Witnessing an apparently broken space and lost in one's own mental labyrinth, falling into carelessness, needing a break, Deep breath, LOOK STRAIGHT a mirror is created
Outside in and inside out, noise is heard in the silence
It is the search for integration, light entering through the cracks in the wall
"The light in the shadow"
Planted on the ground and relaxed, I look at myself from the front, and in that expansion is where I lightened my weight. abloomarises’.
Despite his struggles with addiction and health issues, I have come to feel and see the kind heart and the compelling story of a man who once had a family and a beloved son whom he longs to reconnect with.
Andrej's story allows a reflection on the challenges and resilience of the human spirit. It lets us to confront our own perceptions about poverty and addiction, realizing that there is often a complex narrative behind such struggles.
‘in that hotel .. the people .. sick in the head’, Andrej told me
What started as initial encounters soon turned into repetitive nights, marked by a growing sense of trust and tranquility
Deep-eyed people, wounded souls adapting to survive in a space of vices and decadence.
’What seem distant is closer than we think’
I gave myself permission to play my own role in the room 07 of the hotel ¨La Nouvelle France¨
¨Exploring the intense fight against myself and re-discovering by images how, confronting my own shadow can lead to self-growth and acceptance
Jose Minor is a creative-documentary photographer from Mexico, known for his passionate and empathic approach to capturing the essence of life through his lens driven by a desire to connect with his subjects and generate trust, using his instincts to find hard-toswallow stories that reveal themes of injustice and social issues that we often prefer to ignore
Natural light hunter living with a deep appreciation of the natural world.
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