1 PHOTO(GRAPHER): JUAN RODRIGUEZ

1 PHOTO(GRAPHER): JUAN RODRIGUEZ

BY HUGO OLIVEIRA

HO: Where and when was this photograph shot?

JR: This photo was shot in Chicago, in 2005, through my hotel room window, looking at the John Hancock Tower. It was late afternoon, while I was preparing my exhibition about Patagonia. That exhabition was held in that building.

HO: Can you specify any technical aspects about the photograph?

JR: It was shot with a Leica M6 and the negative was scanned. The final copy was done with japanese rice paper and printed with mineral ink.

HO: Why did you select this image?

JR: It's part of an exhibition called "Beyond Black" about my own way of looking at architecture. It's part of a bigger discourse.

HO: Was there anything you wanted to communicate through it?

JR: Nothing in particular. But maybe just to say that the texts for the "Beyond Black" book are written by Portuguese friends like Pedro Cabrita Reis and Eduardo Souto de Moura.