The photographic series Puzzles is part of my research on the nature of the photographic image and its documentary essence. The images of ruined buildings in Havana, New York or Cape Town are deconstructed into pieces of a puzzle with an impossible solution, where the document is revealed in fiction through the terrain of play.
These Puzzles perpetuate the photographic act, on the one hand, they capture the specific moment of the disappearance of a building in the collective memory, and on the other, they constitute a tautology of the dismantling of a realization that is falling apart. It is the apogee of the pair permanence/impermanence (understood as ruin).
From the series Puzzles: Arco y caminante, 2023
B/W photo printed on puzzle, photo laminated on Dibond, wood, plexiglass.
49.5 x 39.5 x 9.5 cm
From the series Puzzles: Egido, 2023
Electrostatic photography printed on methacrylate and dibond, Forex, wood and metal.
201 x 153 x 15 cm
From the series Puzzles: Perro negro, 2023
Electrostatic photography printed on methacrylate and dibond, Forex, wood and metal.
185 x 153 x 15 cm
From the series Puzzles: Bar Castillo, 2022
B/W photo printed on puzzle, photo laminated on Dibond, wood, plexiglass.
68 x 96 x 12.5 cm
From the series Puzzles: Chocolates, 2022
B/W photo printed on puzzle, photo laminated on Dibond, wood, plexiglass.
68 x 96 x 12.5 cm
From the series Puzzles: 10 de Octubre, 2022
B/W photo printed on puzzle, photo laminated on Dibond, wood, plexiglass.
68 x 96 x 12.5 cm