“In ‘Greatness’,  I portray trees by articulating drawing and photography. 

The juxtaposition of these two media does not seek merely the formal addition of techniques,

but the creation of a hybrid territory, where the boundaries between line and photographic

record become tenuous. This crossing promotes the deconstruction of the conventions of

each language, allowing the emergence of new forms of perception, inscription, and

presence of the image. These portraits are at once indexical and iconic, and cease to be

reproducible. Here, the black-and-white photograph is enlarged beyond its limits, in order to

reach the scale of each tree. To this broad vision of the whole, revealed through

photography, I add the vision of detail, realized through the precision of charcoal drawing,

which faithfully renders certain aspects of the tree, like a face. 

Photography and drawing strive to create an image in the very dimension of each tree.

This work is carried out in modules: the enlarged photograph is divided and printed in parts. Its

dimension is determined in relation to each tree portrayed. The drawings are likewise made in

parts, each corresponding to the format of its photographic fragment. 

The final result is composed of the gathering of all photographic and drawn parts.

The use of juxtaposed modules is a poetic strategy: each panel is a fragment of a larger

image that sometimes remains unfinished or impossible to be fully seen. 

This approach creates a non-sequential experience, requiring the physical movement of the

viewer and promoting an embodied and decentered reading of the work.

In ‘Greatness’, I work with paper and charcoal, fragments of carbonized trees.”