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GUSTAVO: I traveled to Cuba because<br />
my wife decided to do an<br />
internship in a hospital in La<br />
Havana, she’s a Doctor. Until<br />
then, I had always made photographs<br />
guided by a specific<br />
theme, trying to tell something<br />
about other people’s misfortunes.<br />
I decided to experience photography<br />
in a different way this time.<br />
I wasn’t interested in telling<br />
or describing anything about the<br />
well-known political and historical<br />
characteristics of the Cuban<br />
system. I didn’t want to need to<br />
look for ‟useful situations”. I<br />
tried to forget that I was there.<br />
Liberating myself of having to<br />
tell something about Cuba allowed<br />
me to connect in a more authentic<br />
way with the place. Photographing<br />
using only my instinct allowed me<br />
to discover what I was feeling.<br />
My method was to walk the same<br />
streets over and over again, in<br />
silence, just focusing in contemplating.<br />
I sometimes felt attracted<br />
to the expression of the<br />
shapes and textures and to the<br />
simple beauty of nature. Other<br />
times I felt I was just photographing<br />
my own sense of calmness or<br />
the mystery that Cuba inspired<br />
me.<br />
KALTBLUT: There is also a lot of<br />
nature in your work. Is this a<br />
theme that you particularly like?<br />
GUSTAVO: I live in Buenos Aires<br />
surrounded by concrete and asphalt<br />
therefore my direct contact<br />
with nature is sporadic, but necessary.<br />
During the recent years<br />
my relationship with nature increased<br />
notoriously, I’ve been in<br />
the jungle, in the desert, in the<br />
mountains, in lakes, rivers and<br />
the sea. I like to imagine our<br />
planet without our intervention,<br />
without the human civilization,<br />
just like it’s been for about<br />
5 billion years. Only stones,<br />
water, land, sand, air, trees,<br />
plants, insects... It feels good<br />
to see no artificiality at the<br />
horizon sometimes.<br />
KALTBLUT: Why did you decide to<br />
to create the series ‟RICHLAND”?<br />
What was your motto behind it?<br />
GUSTAVO: RICHLAND is a project<br />
about the exploitation of the natural<br />
resources in Latin America<br />
and the resulting long-term negative<br />
effects. Rather than benefit<br />
from natural resources abundance<br />
and wealth, local people living
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