road to meet

A 'place' I have visited

rafaelospino — Fri, 5 Jul 2013 23:53:25 GMT

I'm a young guy, living in one of the most diverse countries. Because of my principal job (sound recordist for documentary) I've been able to take my camera to some places normal people can't, be in touch with a lot of cultures, a lot of new and awesone people, a lot of animals, a lot of landscapes. I want to do it for more time in my life, learn from the bests and try to keep doing it like my other profession. The joy I can feel when I take a picture is very strange, and it is more when I can tell or feel that it was a good one.
I'm looking forward to find some recogmnition in my photography work, it's been some years since I decided to take my camera to do the pictures I think people can't take, just because I have the opportunity to share with the locals and I think I have the discretion and the sensibility to get into the intimacy of a community. That allows me to sumerge in a deeper way and find more places and attitudes from the locals.

I'm a trip lover. I love to bring my camera and try to shoot the right photo. I'm trying to be more accurate using the analogue technique and develop a real feeling for the pictures I take, not shoot just because.

Wayuú, people in sand

rafaelospino — Fri, 5 Jul 2013 23:41:00 GMT

The wayuús are a native community located up in the north of Colombia and part of Venezuela. They live in the desert, they share their lives with the sand, the sea and the wind. The roughness of the landscape, the lack of water and the oversight of the two countries they live have made them one of the most hermetic community to try to get into. It's been more than a month living with them, sharing their food, their traditions, some burials (one of their more interesting rituals) and their lack of water. They live because of their strenght and the force of their women. The most important member of the community are women and the "talkers", who solve the problems among families and look after all the members. The talkers are like judges and women take desitions at one or more homes. Finding them and their real way of live up in the high-guajira (the northern part of the continent) has been one of the most wonderful experiencies I've lived.

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

rafaelospino — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:10:33 GMT

I barely knew where I was going and the beginning of this yeah when they told me "get ready to La Guajira". I knew it was a dry, dessert, awesome place with such beautiful beaches and the top of the south America continent. The place of the "Wayuu" culture. A native culture with 2 nationalities, the have none borders between Venezuela and Colombia. The live as an hermetic community and fighting to survive against the sun, the sand and the lack of many vegetables. They live of lamb, fish and yuca. The few cows they have, are only eaten on the big parties, letting people know the wealthy of the family. I spent 20 days there. Living their culture, learning how they share and are close to the foreign at the same time. Very poor in the elements they use to cook, the way the women cook the lamb is a dayly mission. Nothing more than salt and oil is what they use at the stove.
That's the key of their culture, and the way they interact with people, they are tough and simple at the first view but with a lot of flavor in the deep inside.