Bogotá-based photographer __AndresRios does what a lot of photographers like to do: take photos of their family and friends. But Andres says he takes these sort of pictures for himself, so, when he’s old, he’ll always have something sweet to look back on. It’s a noble idea. For many who take photos now, they’re almost always doomed to increasingly slide towards the back of a digital camera roll that they’ll never look at again.
Andres’ beautiful photographs of interpersonal relationships have now been collected in Amor Eterno, a new book published by Pomegranate Press, the pages of which come together to create intimate vignettes of human connection. Often presenting dual subjects – either lovers, friends, kittens or family – the photos have a sense of fragility because Andres is fragile behind the camera. “I usually photograph people I’m really close to, so it’s easy for me to show myself that way around them,” says Andres.
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