The combination of light, composition, detail and lens rendition - what one might call visual impact - is what guides my photography. My projects are collections of images built around a simple idea - the low-angle light of high latitudes, the tacit human qualities of a city or country, the distinctive vegetation of a region. Color, geometry, exposure, lens character - these single attributes can also define a project

Most of my photographs are made with twentieth-century lenses, some of them more than half a century old. I save the images either digitally or on film, depending on what I wish to tell. I prize authenticity and realism, and do not edit what the camera saw, beyond creative tonal and color adjustments. I do all of my processing on Capture One - no other software has been used in the creation of any of my images. Every one of my photographs is built around uncompromising technical excellence.

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Alberto Patiño-Douce