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GUSTAVO JONONOVICH
The beauty of Gustavo’s
work in incontestable. His
images are so pure, and so
full of emotion. His work
“RICHLAND” is particularly
touching. All the people
I’ve met in Buenos Aires
so far are all concerned
with what is happening in
their country, and once
again, Gustavo Jononovich
is one of these photographers
that want to use his
work to pass a message and
not only to show the beauty
of some random landscape.
The Argentinan photographer
accepted to share a little
chat with us.
Interview by Nicolas Simoneau
KALTBLUT: Hi Gustavo, my first question
will be really basic, how did
you get into photography?
GUSTAVO: After finishing high school,
I started studying engineering, over
time, I realized that I was on a path
that was not mine. I decided to drop
out of university; I had no idea what
to do next or what I really wanted
out of life. I spent the following
year without any direction trying
to untie some of my ‟inner knots”;
social beliefs, family expectations,
fears... I liked photography but I
had never set out myself to do it seriously.
At that time, I just needed
to do things that I like, without
too many pretensions or expectations,
just the fact that something caught
my attention was enough to try it. So
in 2003 I began studying photography
and became more interested in documentary
photography.
KALTBLUT: One of the first things we
noticed when looking at your work
is the fact that you are only using
black and white. Why is that?
GUSTAVO: I also use color sometimes.
The decision of using black and white
or color depends of the projects I’m
working on
KALTBLUT: Some of your shots seem
also to be taken at night, am I
right?
GUSTAVO: Yes, you are. Night is part
of the day...
KALTBLUT: I also notice, especially
in your work ‟YUMA” that you are working
a lot with multiplicity. Multiplicity
of objects, animals… Does
that have a special significance for
you?
GUSTAVO: It is not a conscious decision
but yes. Multiplicity could be
a tool, like geometry, shapes, contrast,
light, etc, etc.
KALTBLUT: What was your original idea
when you started working on ‟YUMA”.
What did you want to say/show with
this series?