Martin Parr.

I took this photo at Centro de la Imagen.

He has an exhibition of his series Playas.

He is so nice, talented and if you haven´t seen his work please do:

www.martinparr.com

"Martin Parr was born in Epsom, UK.

In 1994 he became a full member of Magnum Photographic Corporation. In recent years, he has developed an interest in film-making, and has started to use his photography within different conventions, such as fashion and advertising."

I met Yvonne Venegas at San Luis Potosí. We went to a conference there and then we had some dinner and drinks after that. We just met again at Centro de la Imagen, we went to Martin Parr´s exhibition. The background is one of Martin Parr´s photo from the "Playas" series.

Yvonne is a photographer, I have been following her and I really like her work.

She is a graduate of the certification program at the International Center of Photography in New York and is currently pursuing her MFA at University of California San Diego.  In New York she assisted photographers such as Dana Lixenberg, Bruce Weber and Juergen Teller. She has worked as a freelance photographer for the New York Times, SPIN and VIBE and has had her work published in Mexico City in Luna Cornea a photography journal published by the Centro de la Imagen as well as Celeste Magazine.  She has a beautiful daughter, Lia. She is so nice and cool, I really like her.

check her work here:

http://www.yvonnevenegas.com/

After months ago that we met through the great photographer César Arellano, Nydia and me could only be in contact through email but I finally got to hang out with her.

Nydia Cisneros is so nice, we had a lovely sunday.

She was the Curator of an exhibition that happened months ago here in Mexico City.

She works with Bryan Fisher and they were the responsible from this street art exhibition at Casa Del Lago.

She lives in L.A but she comes very often to DF cause she has new projects for 2010.

I took this photograph at Michael´s Nyman house in La Colonia Roma.

I met Lliana Carpynteyro through Chuck Pereda, They were having an exhibition at the Upper Playground gallery and store.

I tok this photo at NEST the store she owns with her boyfriend Arturo. They have there a lot of designers like: Alejandra Quesada, Melissa shoes x Vivienne Westwood, Wren, Topshop by Christopher Kane, A.Y. Not Dead, una linea juvenil de Trista, Young, Fabulous & Broke, Cheap Monday, Pleasure Doing Business, Krone y Lorena Tinoco.

http://nest.blogspot.com

She is involved with a lot of interesting projects, and she is part of Los Happy People:

"Los Happy People is a collective project lodged in a multidisciplinary exhibition space, an organization based in Mexico City dedicated to the promotion of underground fine art, aiming to support the creative & artistic community by generating cultural networks, developing and coordinating ventured projects and organizing art events."

http://www.loshappypeople.com/

I met Daniel Gopper in Mexico City.

He came for the wedding of his best friend, it was his first time in Mexico,Daniel is such an intelligent guy, he runs 

his own company, it is an advertisement and human resources company.He also has an  association that makes research for new ways of communication to bring people together, 

finding out more about the human charters, the Association is about Bio Genetic Strukture Analysis.He is from Stuttgart.

I took this photo at my place, on a mini shoot we did that day.He is a person I admire a lot. He has such a great energy. He is the kind of person I want in my life, it`s amazing to be involved in relationships that make you realize  things and be more optimistic about life. We have become very close, I am so happy to meet him.

Last friday I worked with Rocío Cerón. We went to San Miguel de Allende for a photo shoot  on Bill Pitman´s house. It was a really 

nice trip, so happy to meet her, she has amazing stories and has won a lot of prices.  Rocío is a poet and an editor. She has a new 

project on with poetry and music. She writes for National Geographic among other magazines. She just published her last book, "IMPERIO" which is in english as well.I took this photo at Bill Pitman´s living room.

Please check her blogs:

www.rocioceron.blogspot.com

www.motinpoeta.blogspot.com

"Craig Robins is Chief Executive Officer and President of Dacra, a global real estate development company that is known of its 

cultivation of creative communities, integration of art and design, and its overall value creation. Based in Miami, Florida, Dacra has 

spearheaded some of the most successful and transformative commercial, residential and mixed-use projects in the City’s history. "

I met Craig through a job I was assigned by NYLON magazine. I was really impressed by his spanish.He is such a successful guy 

and charming as well.I took this photo at a very nice hotel in Mexico City.

Check his project:

http://www.dacra.com/section.php?secID=1003

About a year ago I met Fernando Frias. I was able to know him more this past months. I am so glad I met him and be able

to work with him. I found him very interesting and talented. He is a film director.He is such a charming person. I really admire him.I met him while I was working for a TV program through a friend we had in common.I took this photo last summer

at his house.He has a great place. You can watch some of his work right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKYPferL3k&feature=related

I took this photo on a studio at Central Saint Martins, Daniela is a model.

She is from Argentina, she lived in Mexico for 6 years and then moved to london.

She was used to be in front of the camera but she decided to take photos thats why she decided to study at Saint Martins.She is so nice, and of course we loved to use her as a model  and practice, she has a very natural beauty. 

I haven´t had news from her, she told me she was going to be the face for THE BODY SHOP campaign next year.

I was invited to take some photos to El ZINCO, a very famous jazz bar in Mexico City.This concert was very special and just for few people. I was so happy to meet there an amazing musician ."Born on the island of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera began his career as a child prodigy. A restless musical genius during his teen years, Mr. D’Rivera created various original and ground-breaking musical ensembles.

As a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, he directed that group for twoyears, while at the same time playing both the clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He eventually went on to premiere several works by notable Cuban composers with the same orchestra. Additionally, he was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere. With its explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classnd traditional Cuban music

never before heard, Irakere toured extensively throughout America and Europe, won several Grammy nominations (1979, 1980) and a Grammy (1979)."I took this photo at the backstage, he is a lovely person.check more about him:

http://www.paquitodrivera.com/index.html

Last week I did  the stills for 3 documentaries.  I met amazing people there.  One of themis Alberto Muffelmann. He is Executive Producer at Cacao Films, he is such a great guy.

I took this photo at his office, the space is big and has a very cool design. "Muff" ,as they call him at the office, is very talented and has the best personality. As soon as you meet him you like him. He is very easy going and talented.

You can check out what CACAO films does:

http://cacao.com.mx

Yara Angel is a mexican photographer, I met her at a course I took with Amy Stein.

Since the first time I saw his work I loved it! She is very nice and has a lot of  positive energy.We took a course last week 

and I hope we can keep seeing each other..You have to see here last project which is the result of her feelings.i would love to work 

with her !please check her work at:

http://www.flickr.com/people/yaraangel/

Trying to get close to art and galleries I met Belén Moro.She is from Río Cuarto, Argentina.Belén has been Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts and Bachelor of engraving byThe National University of Cordoba (UNC), Argentina.

She currently manages Myto gallery and works in projects related to teaching and independent management. A year ago she started a design and art object brand called Lubel.Belén is so nice, she has been giving me very good advice and she has 

amazing projects for 2010.

She has been living in Mexico 5 years and she plans to stay for 2 more. She is very

 smart and is the kind of person that everywhere she goes she adapts to places, 

people and you just love her, she is very interesting.  I took this photo at Gimnasio de 

Arte y Cultura last week.

Check out her work:http://lubelubel.blogspot.com/

http://www.mytogallery.com/

SICARIO. Years ago I met Martin and he introduced me to the rest of SICARIO team. I worked with them

 in Playa del Carmen. They are so easy going and well organized. It was nice working with them.

They are the owners of the very successful project, “Independent fashion boutique which focuses on 

urban trends, unique designs, and alternative lifestyles.”It is Located in La Colonia Roma, they also make the

best parties and work as an agency. They are so committed to their projects and so talented. Next 

tuesday is the re opening of the store, a good chance to meet them.I took this photo inside the store, 

I really like them, they are so much fun!

Carlo Ross, Fashionista / SICARIO.TV / Media

Martin Casas Alatriste, Administración / Stores / Production 

Paul Curuchet, Producción de Eventos / Architecture  / Interior design

Alberto González Rivas, Merchandise / T-shirts production 

Hugo Díaz-Barreiro, Booking / SICARIO.TV 

Follow their website!http://www.sicario.tv

I was commissioned a job thanks to Gina. I had to shoot the making of a piece that will be exhibited 

on an elevator. There I met Rodolfo Díaz who is the one in charge

of the production. I took this photo on the roof top of a house in 

La Colonia del Valle, they have a beautiful space full of plants, downstairs the studio.

Rodolfo studied architecture and is very creative he works for Kurimanzutto Gallery. He is also very talented, 

When came back from London I was feeling very sad, I was in a really bad moment in my life. I wanted to have projects and interesting things to do so I started looking for places where people practice boxing and I found this special place downtown. It is special cause it has a lot of history and world champions. 

I have this emotional thing for boxing, I feel that the life of boxers are tragic most of the times.

While I was there documenting the place I saw this man, Antonio Pitalúa.

This was a week before he went to fight for the world championship. He works and lives in Mexico but he was born in Monteria, Colombia. His division is light welterweight. I took this photo at the "Gimnasio Nuevo Jordan".

If you want to watch some of what Pitalúa does:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rl6JS0mi0w&feature=related

I work for a magazine, errr-magazine. I was in charge of some portraits for the next publication. I went to Rodrigo´s 

house to take them. He lives at this very cool place in la Colonia Roma. Just behind him, there is a piece from

Daniel Habif, a mexican artist. Rodrigo Madrazo is a film and ad director, he was born

and lives in Mexico city.I met him through Dani. He is very nice to everyone and has so much stories around the 

world and the funniest stories from parties everywhere! I leave you his site so you can check his work!

http://mrwoo.tv/directores/rodrigo-madrazo

http://mrwoo.tv/

Alvarito as most of the people know him, has one of the most authentic personalities 

I have ever seen. I met Alvarito through his brother Rodrigo. Alvaro Sánchez Vial used to

work for Mtv, he is now at Canal 11. He is editing a program for this mexican channel, 

it is so good! This Program is called Omnibus, every chapter

has a topic, sculpture, photography, film, food...

Please watch it, is so interesting, every thursday at 8pm.

www.omnibustv.com

He is very popular, everyone knows him and he is very easy going, like no one else.

He makes me laugh so much, he is always in a good mood. He described himself as: "Soy alto fuerte y bien 

parecido, Bailo tango, pego duro, masco chicle, tengo viejas de a montón... Tu ru rú. Prácticamente a

y mi sueño es darle una mordida al trompo de pastor, una vez estuve cerca pero el taquero me agarrro antes

de que lo fuera a hacer" Hope you can have the chance to meet him!

I took this photo at a gallery, then we went for some drinks, we had fun!

Since he was young he was very close to music, his work is insipired and recorded in a form of digital time-lapse animation Ellis calls motion painting.

"Ellis' paintings are frequently improvised. He works directly on the walls of spaces that remain open to the public during installation and shares the making of the work with viewers. The experience is much like a band playing in front of a passing audience."

He is so talented and his work is amazing I met him at Upperplayground store and gallery.

He is very easy going and accept taking a photo.

This was his first time in Mexico, he said he liked it so far and that he was hoping to see some Death celebration during the weekend.

David Ellis is now back in New York but i really hope he comes back, meanwhile you can check his exhibition at the Upperplayground or his website.

It is great what he does, really.

http://www.davidellis.org/

Is very interesting to find places like the one Perseo owns.

If by any chance you are close to Colima street at la Colonia Roma, you have to visit DESTRUCTIBLE. 

This store is a skateboard store, but not any skateboard store, it has an amazing collection,Perseo not just knows a lot from skaters and skateboards, he is in love with the whole art and sport. 

I met him like 4 months ago and I went to the store last week where I took his portrait and Chuck´s. The store has two floors, you can find clothes at the 2nd floor and amazing collection toys, the place is at Colima  244, Roma Norte. Mexico City. 

Chuck Pereda has been doing a lot of interesting things trhrough his career.
He has been working with important magazines, radio stations, as a DJ, TV and as an editor.He has shared scenario with Tiga, Basement Jaxx, Fischerspooner, A Touch Of Class, Peaches, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Tim “Love” Lee, M.A.N.D.Y., Gucci Sound System, Chicks On Speed, Damian Lazarus, Felix Da Housecat, Dj’s Are Not Rockstars (Princesa Superstar and Dj Technique), Carlos D (Interpol) and Matty Safer (The Rapture). He has been part of Tineiyer with el Negro, Fantasmas with Julián (Disco Ruido) and Clashton with Damián Romero.I met Chuck years ago while we worked for the same TV  company, at a very funny party.I took this photo at a very cool an authentic store in La Colonia Roma, which I will tell you more details in the next portrait.Chuck has new plans and soon you will be hearing from him, he knows a lot about music. Very easy going. Check more about him!

http://www.soundcloud.com/chuckpee
www.in-d-tv.com

It´s so funny how you meet people and years later you really get to know them.

Eva and me studied at the same high-school, she was always very nice to everyone, and back then I didn´t really know her well.  We found out we have a lot of things in common.

I looked for her help and she was so nice, I admire her a lot.

She is such a charming girl, sweet and very creative.

Eva Vale is the kind of girl you want to hang out and look for advice, she is very smart.

She is a plastic artist, an amazing one. I took this portrait at her house, she has a beautiful place in La Condesa where she keeps most of her work. The background is one of her latest creations, hope you have the chance to assist to her exhibition which is next month.

You can check her work in this website:

http://www.evavale.net/

Pablo Ulibarri is a very good friend of mine, last week he invited me to to see and listen his new project. He has a band who, Manuel Bueno, Fernando Bueno and Gilberto Hernández are the members of the band.
I got to know the rest of the band and they are so cool and interesting people, all of them very creative. The project has a new name, INTERPRETATORS. They are really good. Give them a try and check their calendar I totally recommend his music.
I took this series of portraits at a place in La Condesa which is called T Gallery.
Hope you like them!

http://www.myspace.com/badenglish

As soon as i arrived to Mexico I took a course at El Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura where I met Onnis Luque. I took a course of photography and editorial Design.

Onnis presented an amazing project about a place in Mexico, called Unidad Santa Fe.

Onnis is an architect and a photographer, I have mentioned him before, Onnis and Livia are my partners at Colectivo3F. He is very interesting, his project is so nice, and has a very good eye, I love his work and love to work with him!

I took this photo in one of our meetings at Livia´s house.

This meetings are so much fun and work is also kind of therapeutic, I´m so happy to work with them. Onnis has future plans to go to London and study a Master there. Check his work online.

he is such a sweet person, so nice to everyone and so much energy.

http://pa.photoshelter.com/gallery-list/U0000B39oW0LJ0Fg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/onnis_luque/

Gabriella Gomez-Mont was  responsible for many great things that has happened since participating in the photography course taught by Amy Stein. On that course I met a lot of people, but keep in touch with only a few, one of them is Livia Radwanski.
She captured my attention since I saw her work. She is an amazing photographer.
We have been working together since then. We have a project together coming soon called colectivo3f. We are a team of 3: Livia, Onnis Luque and I.
Throughout time I have discover she is not only a great photographer with a lot of interesting projects, but she is also a great friend.
 She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but lives and works in Mexico City. She has lived in Mexico, Argentina and the United States. Graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in Film/Animation/Video and Photography. Livia is currently a collaborator for 'El proyecto Sonidero', a multidisciplinary collective that works with the Sonidero community and cultural spaces in Mexico City. She is also is a part of the autodisciplinary colletive Rotatorio, where she is developing 'Merida #90',  a project that deals with expropiation and the politics of public and social housing in the downtown areas of the city. 
 
She has the best humor and is a very good friend! Please check her website, her work is amazing! 
I took this photo at her kitchen in la Colonia Roma in Mexico City.

http://www.liviaradwanski.com

www.elproyectosonidero.wordpress.com

www.rotatorio.org

Last friday I worked with César Arellano on a shoot for Homem, jewelry for men. Three Contempo models and people from the brand did a great team. It was a fun day! The models were so nice,  Rafa Cuevas did the styling, he is very good at it.

I met César through his blog, he is a great photographer and such a great guy.

I love his style, fashion addict and a very good eye for portrait and fashion.

He is very nice to me and I hope I can work more with him.

I took this photo on the studio we worked doing the catalogue while waiting for the models to be ready. Please take a look at César´s blog :

http://diariodefiestas.blogspot.com/

I love to meet new places, but most of all new people.

Last weekend I went with Karii Arreola to CLINICA store to get some clothes for a shoot.

I loved the store and the clothes, I took this photo there in the dressing room.

Karii is a very  sweet girl, I met her through her blog, which is very popular in Mexico city, she won an award from the mexican fashion press. She also works for magazines like NYLON Mexico and Blancopop.

She is so kind and friendly, I also met her boyfriend and they look so cool together!

Karii is a great girl, she has a lot of style and friends. Please follow her blog!

http://rarascoincidenciasneoyorquinas.blogspot.com

Last monday I met very interesting people. I worked for Mtv, my boss that day was Nicolas Butty. He is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is so cool and his job too! He gets to travel a lot, this time was his first in Mexico.

We discover we studied at the same school in London, he lived there for 8 years and started working on Mtv, now he lives in Buenos Aires. 

He is a very positive person, easy going and very good at his job.

Hope he come back soon, he is now flying to Colombia an finally LA for the Mtv awards.

I took this photo outside the Mtv party, whilst having a break.

I had to work at the MTV video music awards Mexico city.

I had a long long day. We had a break and we went backstage to have something to eat.

While we were there I met León, he is the vocals and guitar from a very popular mexican rock band.

The name of the band is ZOE.

He is really nice, he didn´t like the photo I took. I think it shows the way he is, he has a lot of attitude. His songs are really popular, i love some of them.

He is a groupie magnet... really, he is very popular between girls of all ages.

Listen to his music:

http://www.myspace.com/zoeoficial

Years ago I was dating this guy that introduce me to his friends at a party.

One of them was Manuel Escalante, who 6 months after invited one of my friends

to go out on a date. They have been together for 3 years.

Manuel is very easy going and very talented.

He started working at Ritmoson, a very popular video channel here in Mexico.

He is now a director of music videos, he has been doing it very well and his work is amazing.

Take a look at his website who he designed.

http://chivoescalante.com/

I took this photo at MTV´s backstage. Just after the awards finished.

He is known by the nickname of "El Chivo".

Years ago, about 3, I met Pedro and David.

I met them through Mauricio, they have a  music project, Mood Fu, Pitah and Hassel are how they call each other.

I took this photo at the Vive Latino, a music festival in Mexico City.

They have a very fresh and original way to create music.

They are such good persons.

They have been working in their project a lot and the result is just great, if you like music and dancing you should definitely listen to them!

http://www.moodfu.com/

http://www.myspace.com/moodfu 

While I lived in London I met amazing people, my roommate Hannah has a friend, Georgina, she has a boyfriend named Will Daunt. 

Will is the lead singer of a band called The Molotovs, it was so funny to hear their name cause here in Mexico there is a band call Molotov, but they sound very different.

I took this photo at The Old Blue Last, which is a Pub very close to Old st tube station.

Will is a journalist and has this band, he is incredibly talented and their music is great.

Listen to them, and watch their new video.

My favorite song is the one on the video, is called Flowers, hope some day they can come to Mexico!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anf79JFRp_U

http://www.myspace.com/themolotovs

I went to a party like 4 weeks ago at a place called Pasaguero, there,  I saw Jerónimo, he is very funny and cool.

I met him at high school, he was there just for a year.

That day we talked about what happened with the rest of our classmates, we found out some of them had bad luck.

He is now known by the name of Peto. 

He is part of a group called Disco Ruido, which is very popular and I really like it!

He is also a designer of Bang Buro. He is very talented and so easy going, he loves to party and has a lot of friends. 

Listen and follow his blog! its very cool..

http://www.myspace.com/discoruido

http://discoruido.tv/blog/

http://bangburo.com/site/

David Lida has been a journalist for more than 20 years, principally in the U.S. and Mexico, but also for magazines in England, Canada and Peru. He lives in central Mexico City, in a quiet apartment with a lot of light, a stone's throw from the World Trade Center. 

I met David at the bar Zinco, he asked me to take some photos for his blog, since then we have been in contact.

I took this photo at La Colonia Roma. We had lunch yesterday at Sobrinos, where David told me he first fall in love with Mexico in 1990, he is from NYC, he has plans to spend time between Mexico and New Orleans.

Please check his blog and if you have a chance buy one of his books, I am getting one today.

http://davidlida.com/

He is such a nice person, and so talented, I love people who express love and good anecdotes  from Mexico City.

A bit more than a year ago I went with Ramiro to an exhibition, after the exhibition we went to a Cantina called Covadonga with Pablo López. He is a photographer and we found out we had friends in common. That day we had a great time and some drinks. He is a great photographer, he is from México. He invited me to San Luis Potosí for a presentation of his work. I was really surprised cause I knew his work, but no that much, I think his work is just amazing, he represents classic mexican landscape. We had a great time in San Luis, I took this photo back in his apartment as soon as we came back. He has an amazing place and a very important and cool photography collection and a very good taste for interior design his place is amazing. 

You can see more here:

http://fundacionpedromeyer.com/china/plopez/indexsp.html

Two years ago I took a class at the Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura were I met Jose Luis Cuevas.

He is such a great an authentic person, He is so nice to everyone and has an amazing eye.

He is a photographer, a great photographer. I´ve learned so much from him.

All his projects are amazing. I took this photo at San Luis Potosi last thursday. Pablo invited me to an event of photographers, and after we went to have some drinks. I had such a good time. Please check Jose Luis Cuevas´s blog:

http://joseluiscuevas.blogspot.com/

Jose Luis also owns Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura, where they teach photography and have amazing courses of video and retouching. Check it out!

http://www.gimnasiodearte.com/

I told you before about my amazing night at the Bar Zinco in Mexico City, well, there was this special person, I met him while the band was having a break. He is Donald Edwards, we started talking outside while smoking a cigarette. He was so nice, and we started talking about music and photography. He is from New Orleans and he has been living in NY for 10 years now. He is so talented he was playing with The Big Band. I took this photo that night at the bar just before entering, I really enjoy his conversation, he was so nice, will love to watch and listen to him again!

Donald has a Studio in NYC called DIRTY SOAP, check it out!

http://www.dirtysoapentertainment.com/

Yesterday I met a really nice girl. A friend of mine introduce me via email. Ana Luisa Lacorte has a project about ANAs. So she needed girls named ana... I helped and went to her place yesterday morning. She asked me some questions and finally 2 photographs.

The project is describe as: 

Title: ANAlogies

"Photo portraits of 78 persons named “Ana” will be taken in a B&W standard

format to be interpreted by a card reader and/or a physiognomist whom 

will not know about the common name. Once I have all the

interpretations together I will try to find the traits that define the character 

of the name. Afterwards, I will write an essay about the process".

She believes that the name is strong and all the ANAs have something in

common, let´s see what the physiologist has to say. She is so nice,her place 

is beautiful and we had a really nice time. Check out her project:

http://www.rotatorio.org/

I walked into Ben Sherman store, in NY, while a friend of mine was buying shoes I met Dean Raoofi.

He studies illustration at Pratt Institute, he dreams of tattooing.

Dean works at Ben Sherman to pay for training and other expenses, as well as to keep himself well dressed. He considers himself to be a fairly blue colared guy, he used to work in backline for years, his father was a cabdriver (now owns a cab company).  He has a mixed heritage, mother is white-american, 11th generation, father migrated here from Iran when he was in his 20's, he is one of 4 kids. 

As soon as I was in the store he captured my attention, he was really nice and accept to have a photo taken. I loved his tattoos and his attitude, he was shy but at the same time really nice and easy going. If you are in NY and shop at Ben Sherman say hello to Dean, he is so nice!

I took this photo at the store, while his friends looked at me and laughed.

A friend of mine, Eugenio Elias, introduce me to a friend of his which plays jazz. We went to a place called "Pata Negra" for dinner to listen at some live jazz. We had a lovely time and the music was amazing, there, I met Luri Molina, he plays at a band called "Pate de Fuá". They are very successful and their new album is so cool! I took this photo yesterday at the Bar Zinco which is an amazing place to listen jazz, downtown in mexico City, a great Venue! I was so lucky to be invited yesterday cause The Big Band was playing with some special guests from New York. They played some Frank Sinatra´s songs among others, such a great show! Luri plays the bass. He is a great person, so nice to everyone and plays like no one else... Check their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/patedefua

Writing about very cool people I met in NY, I will introduce you to a very good friend.

I met him through Romina, we met in Ny and then we had a lovely weekend at his friend´s house, Georgie, in Rhode Island. He drove us there on his Pontiac Firebird 68 convertible listening to Bob Dylan and enjoying the landscape, how cool is that!!!

He is very interesting. He spends most of his time at an amazing house outside NY, he rents this house for bands, which is perfect cause he has an amazing studio and rooms for the bands to stay and record their albums.

He has a record company called China Town, and he is Dj as well!

As you can see he is very involved with music, you will see him around cause he is preparing some new amazing projects!

Check out the house, and if you have a band or want to make a video you have to go to this place. 

His name is Josh Druckman, I took this photo last week. He came to Mexico and we had a coffee at La Colonia Roma, and then we met Romina to have lunch at Covadonga a very nice cantina.

lovely person.. check out his website:

http://theoutlierinn.com/outlier.html

When I meet people, at the beginning, I tend to be shy and introvert.  And one thing I love about meeting new people is that every person takes something out from your personality and that is what makes you like him or her.

Pepe Casanova is the kind of person that has a lot of charm and an excellent sense of humor, he is very transparent and shows the way he really is from the second you meet him. I found him really interesting, he loves music and understands and talks about life so sure and happy with himself, that makes you want to be close to him. I took this photograph at Carlos Temores kitchen, while we were having a few beers and a very nice chat.

If you want to know more about him, visit his blog!

http://www.myspace.com/yonosoydj

While I was studying at Saint Martins I met an amazing girl call Lisaveta, she is a Russian girl that was living in London she was working and studying  at the same time. We met and she invited me to a photo-shoot she was having. the model was Anastasia Nemchenok. We had so much fun.

Since that day I started a friendship whith her and did some more photo-shoots! Anastasia is a fashion journalist, and she did the styling

for some of my photo-shoots. She was the one who introduced me to Lenka, which I talked to you before.

She has such a good style, I love the way she dresses, one day we went shopping together, we wanted to buy the whole store!

She is great and loves her job! check some of her stylibg on my website (anahop.com) and some more here:

http://simonlyle.com/Fashion%2016.html

I went to NY for a few days, I was walking on Broadway while I saw this amazing guy with a very smart outfit. I literally run after him like a block till I reached him. I talked to him about me and what is that I do and he was so nice, he agreed to have a photo taken and he shared some info about him.  As I thought, he was a stylist, wardrobe stylist, he is living in new york, his name is Tr3y Stylez.
Here´s the link where you can see an interview with him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLa-lhIcgg

He has styled for Kevin Christiana and Debbie Dickinson the sister of
Janice Dickinson to name a few !
I really enjoy talking to him...

I don´t know why I found a bit more difficult writing about people who are close to me and that represent a lot in my life in many ways. While I was studying at college I started taking photography classes, one of my first courses was with Ramiro Chaves as my professor, where I learned a lot. I met him on a private conference that a magazine called Picnic organize with two photographers, one of them Steve Pyke. We have developed a really cool friendship. He is so talented, and I had learned a lot of things from him, about him he is my inspiration for a lot of things, I admire him.
He is from Argentina and has been living 8 years in Mexico now. He is has a lot of charm and girls love him, he is such a gentleman and good friend!
He is very creative, talented and has all this interesting projects. great photographer. 
I took this photo at my house, he likes to look serious which I don´t like, but I chose this portrait cause I think it has a lot of attitude and personality.
Please check his work:

http://www.chavesphoto.com/

http://chavesphoto.com/mobilediary/

enjoy!

Few years ago I went to Mutek Festival here in Mexico City, I went there with an ex boyfriend who invited a friend. This friend was Akil Ammar, we made a really nice connection and we talked a lot about different things, I found him really smart and sensitive, he is a musician.

He was born in Mexico City, he is an artist and urban independent poet.

He has been inside hip hop culture around 15 years now. His songs have this personal and social speech that make them so powerful, his music is so nice and poetic... 

I took this photo at Coyoacan, we had lunch at a very sunny day,  that day started our new project together...

I am so excited cause we have a project coming soon, and working with has been so exciting and fun! please check his work and listen to him.. he has other projects, one of them at a mexican newspaper "El Universal"... check him! Totally recommended...

http://www.myspace.com/akilammar

http://www.eluniversaltv.com.mx/detalle12715.html

It´s time to talk about cool girls! yesterday I talked about Rachel and now this amazing girl, a girl I met yesterday.

Her name is Josée Pedneault, she grew up in a small town in the region of the Saguenay Lac-St-Jean, in Quebec, Canada. She now lives and works in Montréal.  I collaborated on her new project called "Con todo mi afecto" a video, photo and web project that over 4 months will be completed with the participation of the local community in México. " I am making myself available to create works of art in exchange and in response to an object that people are giving me. These objects must have particular sentimental value to the original owners. In return to each of these items, I am creating original works of art that are numbered, signed and given back to the owner of the object it echoes. Each work is therefore created specifically for each person, trying to match the sentimental value of the given object."

I gave her my special object, she and Ramiro came yesterday to my house. We had coffee and a great time taking some photos, she is so cool I really like her! She is very interesting and her life is so amazing, she travels a lot and has all this amazing projects.

I took this photo at my room and use my new portrait back round which I just bought in Tepoztlan last weekend for 30 pesos, isn´t it cool!?

If you are interested on her project and her please check out this website and hope to see the result of this project very soon!

http://www.contodomiafecto.com/index.htm

http://www.joseepedneault.com/

Rachel Major is an up and coming classically trained Soprano, with a clear, light tone. She has recorded on the Naxos and Signum record labels with chamber ensembles and toured extensively throughout the UK and Europe with the a capella group Voces8. She made her solo debut with the Orchestra of the Opera North in December '08 andhopes to go on to sing roles in Mozart Opera. She's interested in doing session recording work if anyone ever needs a soprano for film, tv or commercial projects. Tell me if you need to contact her, she is amazing!
I met Rachel through Hannah my ex roomate. The day I took the photo
was a long day photoshoot at Hannah´s house which is so beautiful, back in London.
I took so much photos, she is so positive, cute, and so talented! We had a great time during the photos..
As soon as she has her website ready, I will share it with you...

I took this photo almost 8 months ago in London.

I was at Rough Trade on Brick Lane, I walked into a small

chilling area and there he was! Erlend Øye, I have to confess I am in love with him.

I think he has such a sensibility for music, he has make me cry, 

smile and dedicate his songs!

He is quiet...  as if every movement is planned.

I got to tell him how much I love his music which was cool but I found myself

as a groupie, that at the end made me feel embarrassed!

He collaborates on  "The whitest boy alive", "Kings of Convenience" and "Royksopp"

I love his music! Listen to him!

http://www.kingsofconvenience.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestboyalive

I have been writing about people that I have met along the way and find really interesting. For some reason, I realize there are more men than women which I have talked about, which was completely unconscious.

Amanda Lepore represents a feminine figure, even though she is a man.

She is known for being the muse of David Lachapelle. 

I was in NY having some drinks at this place called "The Beauty Bar" and 

she was the dj of the night.

Her looks are impressive, she resembles the combination of the cartoon of Jessica Rabbit and Marilyn Monroe, who could imagine that the original body is of a man...

She was very easy going and loves the camera!

I was told she/he was mexican... she told me that night that she was

half German and half (I didn´t understand! ha!) and I couldn´t confirm

the info.

check her, a very special character..

http://www.everythingamanda.com/

http://www.myspace.com/amandaleporeonline

Ryan Jhon C Turner and Chuck Guarino are the owners of a great
store in NY, THE CAST, they make their
own t-shirts, designs and prints on leather vests, so cool! I was thinking of
getting one but they are just for men, although some sizes can fit women!
They are both so handsome and easy going, they are also very involved
with art.
I met them through Derrick, and I took this photo on their store. If you
go to NY please go and visit them! the store is on a basement on 119 Ludlow st.
Check their website!

www.THECAST.com

Derrick R. Cruz is a jewelry designer.
I met him in NY, he lives and works there.
He is so kind and talented.
He has all these designs and pieces of jewelry
that produces in small series, so every
piece becomes very special.
I was very lucky to see his collections live
and the process, he also showed me his new collection
which is amazing! I want one!!!
I took this photo on his workshop, a beautiful place
on lower east side.
Please check his work, he is so talented! if you have
the chance to buy one of his pieces do it!
check it out!
http://www.blacksheepandprodigalsons.com

Hector Herrera is a Mexican Painter.

I met him like a year ago or maybe more, we met at the mezcaleria.

He is very cool and easy going, he loves soccer!

I took this photo at his studio, his place is amazing full of color and paintings.

I went to his studio cause I wanted a portrait of him, but at the end he convince me

to pose for a painting, I haven't seen that!

I considered myself as a big fan of his work, please check his website and

if you have a chance go to his exhibitions, I totally recommend his art!

check his work here:

http://hecherrod.com/mainframes.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fSHG_lx5II&feature=player_embedded

Graham Beeching is an english painter.

I met him through Katia Sokolskaya , a russian friend.

We went to make a photo shoot to his house outside London.

He lives in an amazing house in the middle of the countryside.

We spend the whole day with him and he confessed to take a lot of pills

because of his age and his hallucinations. He started taking

the pills cause he said he believed he was god.

Such an interesting character, his paintings are really good, and he lived this

bohemian life between Paris and London.

I hope i can get the chance to see him again...

This portrait is on his bedroom, if you could only smell how old and cold it felt... 

Pablo Ulibarri a very good friend of mine.

Pablo is a filmmaker he is very good at it, he is the kind of person you want to listen to and learn from, he knows so much about films... I met him years ago and ever since we have shared good times together, his brother is one of my best friends, I just love them both!

He has this amazing look and attitude, he is the lead singer of a band called Dirk Calloway.

Hopefully his short film is getting a lot o prices in Europe! check his band and remember his name, I think very soon you will start watching his films.

http://www.myspace.com/dirkcallowaymusic

Rulo David is very good friend of mine.
I met him years ago while I was working on a radio station called IMER.
He works there as a presenter on Reactor.
He writes on newspapers, magazines and loooves music.
He has taught me a lot about music and life in general, he is so cool and
has this amazing life full of music, party, good friends, trips, etc...
I took this photo in London, we went out to this place called Notting Hill ArtsClub, we had so much fun, he introduced me to Alan Mcgee who was the dj of the night. We ended up in east London with Tortu and Carla, one of the funniest nights in London.
He is such a good friend and interesting person, so much to say...
His balcony in La Condesa was the inspiration for a song of a mexican rock band called Cafe Tacuba, the song is called "Medio Día"... so many stories to tell...
Listen to him on his show:
http://www.imer.com.mx/phpwrappers/player3/webradioReactor.html
You will enjoy it!

Romina Aranzola is a mexican girl.

I met her few days ago, she is amazing, she has this positive 

energy that makes people around her smile and have a good time.

She is a tv host for a mexican tv channel, she models as well.

She is very young, loves to party. I took this photo at Playa del Carmen 

at our room, we just went to the beach to a 5 day party, it was great! I

found her really interesting and the kind of girl that you enjoy being with, 

so much fun!

you can check her here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fsnave6cok&NR=1

Leo Lawson-O´Neil is a life coach and creative property developer taking empty buildings and turning them in to studios and fun places to live and work. He lives in East London, his office is in Shoreditch, where I took this photo. Sophie is his girlfriend they plan to get married and have children. He says his hobby is sleeping. He would like to spend more time in the countryside and both Sophie and him would like to live abroad for a while, Brazil, New York perhaps.

I met Leo through Sophie, he is just great! He is very friendly and easy going.

http://www.innocencecoach.com/

Carlos Temores  a mexican designer.

I met him about a year ago, from

that moment I found him so interesting.

I took this photo at his workshop, he has

this amazing space where he creates his collections.

His work is amazing he is so talented and

creative. He is a good friend and lovely person.

He loves to party and most of all he is a very 

happy person.

check out his website:

http://www.temoresland.com/

Kristina is a russian girl.

I met her at Saint Martins.

She is one of the most amazing persons

I have ever met in my life.

We had such a natural and cool friendship.

We talked a lot and had similar ways to 

see life, even though we belong to completely 

different parts of the world.

She is very young and has a beautiful daughter

they live together in Moscow, I took this photo at Saint Martins.

I remember one special night at Jaguar shoes with her!

 so much fun, I miss her..

Devendra Banhart, so much to say about him.

His look, his attitude, the way he speaks spanish,

how easy going and talented.

I met him in Mexico City few weeks ago.

I took this photo at the Habita Hotel in Polanco.

He is one of my favorite artists, he has such a

sensitivity for music..

I had the chance to meet him through Christian Barnard, he was in charge of a small

photo-shoot and he invited me.

We had a great time, hope you know his work, if not

please listen:

http://www.devendrabanhart.com/

Sophie Frost is an english actress.

I met her while working on London Film School,

I was there as a set photographer for a short film.

She is great, interesting and so much fun.

I took this photo on the house I was living in London,

we had a great tim taking photos.

She is very talented and has being part of many plays,

and interesting projects.

You can check more about her:

http://lawsononeil.com/sophiefrost/

Bill Blanco is a very sweet person.

He was my professor at Central Saint Martins.

He is a really good photographer.

I had a lot of advice from him, and I really like 

him and admire. He always laughed about his 

look alike to Santa Claus, he is identical!

He lives in London, but he is from U.S.

Such a good professor and person.

I took this photo  in the studio of the school,

he was talking about portraits...

Joel Stoker is member of an english indie rock band.

The band is called"The Rifles", he is in charge of vocals

and guitar. I met him on the making of their video on a studio 

in Shoreditch,where I took this photo. I was working there 

as a set photographer.

I was contact through my ex boyfriend who is a 

cinematographer, I got to see them live in a very private

small concert which was going to be part of the video.

He is very cool, and they are starting to be very big in London.

You can check their myspace, the music is very good.

http://www.myspace.com/therifles

My favorite song is "Shes got standards"

Alex Bramall is a very special person to me, who I met 

years ago in Mexico, I was very lucky to work with him

while Mario Testino´s exhibition at the San Ildefonso.

By that time I worked with Rodrigo Peñafiel at his agency

"Another company"

He is based in London.

Picture editor for Mario Testino´s book "Let me in"

He is so talented, fun and such a good friend.

Robert Fry was born in London.

I met him while I lived in London, he is such a character, 

he is a very talented painter.

I took this photo the day I met him, we went to a pub 

very close to notting hill, so much fun, we 

ended on a mexican bar.

He forms part of several private collections in Paris and 

London. His work is amazing you can check it out at:

http://www.alexiagoethegallery.com/x/artists.html?atid=75

Lenka Padysakova was born in Slovakia.

She has a passion for art.

She is so much fun and creative, I did for her some photos

and we had a lovely time at the shoot in the park, she did hair

styiling, wearing her clothes and doing her own makeup!

She makes her own designs and has work as a hair designer

winning competitions in Las Vegas and Slovakia. She is one

of the best young designers in London.

Check out her website!

http://www.lenkapadysakova.com/

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