The creator that we are going to talk about today will frighten the next paragraphs with a vestío and will focus on his favorite theme: "Tell me about yourself, How are you doing?”. It is one of the secrets that hide those who know how to cover a lot, that they never waste time admiring. What interests is outside.
But as we all know that art is better understood if the artist is known, We will have at least a few data from Rodolfo Romero's biography, This is the name of our versatile protagonist.
We will say, as, What is a doctor in Madrid, In one of whose reference hospitals he beats daily in the complex universe of health management. Who knows so much about oenology that a tasting of his hand is like a talk with Dionysus. Or that good eating to the point that he has created a space in networks To make your own gastronomic criticism.
We will add that it is another of the thousands of passionate to dress up and run marathons, And we will start entering the subject when we say it is, also, a pathological traveler who, Like the ones we dance around the bonfire of VAP, Go the opportunity and throw the balloon bugs.
And the funny thing is that if Rodolfo Romero is here today is not for all the above, but for another of its great passions: The photograph. Probably, The oldest of his "vices"; The most entrenched of his hobbies since his mother, back in the end of the 70, being still a child, I put a SLR camera on your hands. Shoulder camera engulfed kilometers to put his manchego accent to the frames of the world.
Rodolfo Romero's photographs have been exhibited in several rooms in Madrid and in Centers of the farm of San Ildefonso, In the Cervantes Institute of the French city of Lyon, and in Switzerland, Where you have family ties; in fact, Your greatest success, hitherto, It has been the “Spain with another approach” in the United Nations Palace, In Geneva, Barceló dome home, Considered the Sistine Chapel of this century.
The exhibition “Faces from Africa: looks that speak ", that has just opened at the Cristina García Rodero Museum in Puertollano, is, recognizes, His way of paying off a pending account with the city that saw him grow, the homeland girl who claims to return less often than she would like.
In faces of Africa, that can be visited to the 30 June, You can see the reason that inspires this detective of the moment: find what we all share, a something indefinable but essentially human that unites all the cultures of the planet. The photograph, ensures, “It allows me to stop, listen and share those unique connects of connection ".
"What interests me most are people, The looks, The hands ... everything that reflects how life passes through a human being ". And although it refuses of labels: "I'm neither a traveler nor a photographer, But a person traveling and takes photos ", Recognize that the choice of their destinations and even the days that passes in each of them "They are conditioned to look for a moment of light and an instant that is able to tell a story".
Ethiopia, Namibia, Kenya, Morocco ... In this selection of photographs Rodolfo shows the time of the challenging look of a proud young man, of the tanned skin of a wise old man, of the girl who savors the power of her fertility ...
And in each snapshot there is a story to tell, A frame that squeezes the poetry of the scene, that extol the color that emanates from its protagonist, Maybe extracted from their clothes, of a bracelet or the abyss of deep eyes. "The most important thing is the story, even more than the light. There are multiple ways of photographing, And although they all transform ephemeral moments into eternal, Some allow you to capture a moment in the form of memory or shared experience , And they do it in a more static and explicit way. And then there are the photographs that leave part of the interpretation to the spectator, that force him to interpret and build part of the story, also becoming a creator and protagonist. Those are the photos I try to look for ".
Rodolfo has taken a quality leap, said, With this exhibition, Faces from Africa, in which he has projected large format photographs, With dimensions that make the moment even more shocking. The greatly satisfactory result, said, And the fabulous reception that his work is having in recent years makes him consider "redouble the efforts" to continue improving the quality of his samples. This objective aims to achieve high quality work, and professionalize its catalog "to at least get the project sustainable" economically. This does not mean that I will stop having your feet on the ground: “I think it is not a good idea to turn a hobby into an obligation. Surely things would not go well ".
He doesn't want to close this interview without thanking the Cristina García Rodero Museum. “Have the opportunity for some of my photos to be shown in a room adjacent to the permanent collection of one of the best photographers in Spain, The first person who became part of the Magnum agency in our country and who is a world reference is a great honor for me ”, concludes.
In this QR code you can see photographs of this exhibition and a part of other works:
