Raised by two devout Catholic aunts who decorated the home with visceral images of the suffering of Christ, martyred saints, and souls in Purgatory, he spent much of his youth thinking about the Apocalypse.
I guess I was more connected and identified with this fantasy world. In , at the age of 14, Chucho began walking the streets of his Mexico City neighbourhood, Colonia Doctores. That same year, a magnitude Then-President Miguel de la Madrid made the situation worse, ordering a news blackout for the first 39 hours. In the rubble, Chucho began making nude auto portraits among the ruins.
The transformation of a third world neighbourhood into scenarios of an expressionist film, where you can find and can talk about love and loss, or madness and despair. As a photographer, Chucho has become obsessed with the ecstatic beauty of night, finding pleasure in the seductive powers of life after dark.
His recent book, Vida Edition Patrick Frey , offers a peek into another world, one overflowing with the glorious spirit of grit, glamour, and decadence. Vida is out now on Edition Patrick Frey. Follow Miss Rosen on Twitter.
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