For almost two months I haven't updated this journal. I've been in my annual Semana Negra festival engagement, but also working hard in the non-artistic world. This made me go into total immersion with one of my projects, the photos for Carlos Arellano's song "Nada de Ella".

I got me an abandoned house, after defeating many bureaucratic obstacles, a friend loaned me an electric generator since the house has no electricity. I spent four days inside a dusty old house uninhabited for decades, with my new discovery, Dania Mayela, a natural model (it was her first time in front of a camera, check her out!)

The shoot came out great, about one thousand images in 4 days, for a song that will use perhaps 80 photos. I've processed and edited obsessively this weekend to get a preliminary version of the video for the song (yes, a video with still photos, why is that strange? Some people look at me as if I were outta here).

Anyway, check out some of the photos in my "Nada de Ella" collection: [link]

The video/slideshow for the song is now available in YouTube [link]

If you watch it and wish to comment, you can do it there or in this journal. All comments are extremely welcome in the context of the project. In fact, I ask you to please comment (not that it ever works, but hey, this might be the first time).

In the next two weeks I'll be finishing the photos for Yampi's [link] "Es la Ciudad" song.

The Self-Portrait Contest was delayed. I'm sorry. Stay tuned, I will not disappear from the journal for two months again, I promise.