The salty sea, capable of rapidly oxidising hard metal and corroding it until it disappears, can also clean wounds and repair delicate human skin due to its antiseptic properties.
The metal undergoes a transformation, an irreversible deterioration, just like a fisherman’s skin when it is subjected daily to a combination of salt water, sunlight, wind, humidity, cold and heat.
In the past, tondos were used in architecture and art, one of their main uses being to represent important figures of the time.
In many cultures, the circle is associated with perfection, but can something that is transformed by the passage of time and punished by the elements be perfect?
The Japanese celebrate Wabi-Sabi, a concept in which they recognise that everything is transitory and that beauty lies in imperfection.
With these reflections in mind, I present CORROSION, a series of portraits of fishermen emulsified on circular metal lids from medium-format negatives. It consists of experimental photography in which I also recycle materials.
It is, without a doubt, a living work, in constant transformation.