I am a Spanish photographer based in Dublin, my work includes studio and location photography produced for exhibitions as well as commissions and assignments for design agencies and magazines. My photographic practice is underlined by a deep commitment to long-term engagement with people who live extraordinary lives. My work celebrates subcultures and individuals who express their individuality in various public settings
In my work Performing Gender I explore gender fluidity and drag culture in Dublin. The first of three related projects, is a series of naked portraits produced in the private and controlled environment of the studio. These sensitive images were produced collaboratively with each performer where trust and respect is reciprocated between each drag artist and myself. The resulting images explore the sensuality of the body in a kind of gender symbiosis.
The second series includes each drag artist in their performing outfits. These images were produced in the studio and it reflects the performative feminine side of each artist, using props, pads and outfits to enhance their female figure.
The third series explored the transitional environment of the dressing room, where the performers transform in front of unforgiving mirrors. It is in the dressing room where gender fluidity is more present than ever, portraying each transitional step that drag artists take before going on stage. This series also contains photographs where drag artists were captured under the neon glow of theatre lights.
Collectively, the project amounts to a unique insight into the lives of drag artists in Dublin who in their daily lives perform more traditional roles as office workers, teachers and lawyers