En español más abajo.   It is almost a decade since I first visited the Faroe Islands. I had the opportunity to make a visit of a few days taking advantage of a stopover in the port of Tórshavn of the ship that was taking me to Iceland. At that time globalisation had not yet reached its peak, which meant that there was hardly any tourism and therefore not much accommodation available. During the whole time I was in the archipelago I didn't meet any photographers. I was able to explore some of the islan...

  English version below Cuando me compré mi primera cámara, hace ya varias décadas, las opciones de formación eran realmente escasas, no existía internet y en el mejor de los casos podía recurrir a algún manual de fotografía general. Con el paso de los años he sido consciente del enorme peso que ha tenido este aspecto en mi proceso de aprendizaje y como consecuencia directa, de mi estilo. En mi caso el proceso creativo siempre es el mismo: primero me planteo un objetivo, u...

  Pinus Longaeva grow only in the most inhospitable places in the mountains of Nevada, Utah and Eastern California. Thanks to their slow development, they produce a hard and very resistant wood, which can take thousands of years to decompose. The reason for its longevity is a genetic marvel that has led some specimens to surpass 5000 years of life, thanks to which it has been declared the oldest living being in the world. Shooting performance I set out to obtain an image that woul...

  Versión ene español más mas abajo From this perspective, a row of waterfalls seems to emerge directly from the walls of this spectacular canyon in the Icelandic highlands. This striking effect is produced by water seeping through the rock from a higher-lying lake and plunging in free fall into the river that flows at the bottom of the valley, creating a scene of unreal beauty. I stayed several days in the area waiting for the light to reinforce the character of this landscape. The best circumstances we...

  En Español más abajo On May 3, 2018, an eruption began on Hawaii's Big Island that marked a new episode in Kilauea's history. Magma erupted from twenty-four fissures that flooded an inhabited area of more than 35 km2 with rock. The event was accompanied by seismic movements that reached a magnitude of 6.9 due to the readjustment produced by the drainage of magma from the summit, which left behind a 300m abyss. As a result, more than 700 structures were affected, forcing the evacuation of the area for mo...

En español más abajo. The soles of my trekking shoes were completely smooth after the more than 200 km we walked through the lava fields of Hawaii's Big Island Volcano Park for 18 days. The volcanic glass acts like thin blades that literally eat up the rubber drawings. It is so sharp that it is recommended to walk with your legs protected and always wear gloves, if you want to avoid injuries when rubbing or supporting yourself. But walking through the lava fields is an incredible experience. Sometimes the gro...

---- En español más abajo---- The 2018 eruption was the largest eruption in the lower East Rift (LERZ) of Kilauea in 200 years, producing 24 fissures through which lava flowed at a rate of more than 100 cubic metres per second, filling 0.8 cubic kilometres, the equivalent of 320,000 swimming pools. The collapse of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō boiler and the Halema'uma'u was accompanied by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9. The thickness of the lava reached 280 metres along the coast. Finally an area of 35.5 square k...

  ---En castellano más abajo.--- The predictions to see a great Northern Lights were excellent and the sky was completely clear that frigid Arctic night. I wore a good feather duster and was well sheltered, but the cold and humidity began to show as I waited at the foot of my tripod on the shore. An endless horizon extended beyond the mouth of the fjord, as the waves hypnotically beat against the cliff, plunging me into a trance of serene contemplation. The snowy mountains sank their deep roots in the Norwegian Sea, evoking the colossal mass of ice that covered this valley during the last glaciation. Alone, my wife and I on the cliff,...

---En castellano más abajo--- I like to tell stories and photography is an excellent way to do it, but not the only one. For some years now I have been trying to document my photographic travels on video, with the indispensable support of Marta, my wife. The last one we have published is Kilauea, a three-minute short that summarizes a two-year project and two trips to Hawaii's Big Island to photograph one of the world's most active volcanoes. Chance was that during the course of the project the volcano dramatically changed its activity and suffered one of the largest eruptions of the last 200 years. It may be several generations before an eve...

A finales del año pasado se publicó en El País Semanal un ensayo fotográfico con algunas de mis imágenes y un a breve introducción sobre la filosofía que hay detrás de mi trabajo. Comparto con vosotros este el texto principal y las miniaturas de las cuatro dobles páginas: "La mochila se me clava en los hombros y me hace sentir cada uno de los veintidós kilos del pesado equipo fotográfico que llevo encima. He perdido la cuenta del número de veces que he visitado esta remota zona desértica de Nuevo...