When We Stand in Light Photograph

Diego's love for photography started when he was quite young. He remember looking through the book U.S. Camera 1950 as a child, being transfixed with the images; the book was almost 40 years old at that time and was filled with the work of people we now consider Masters of Photography. His work bears a strong influence from those images. He has a background in digital media production; my original focus was on short films and web media but over the last 15 years he has shifted to photography. Besides some informal teaching, during childhood, with his grandpa, Vicente Armijo, on a Mamiya 35mm he is completely self taught. With his background embracing digital photography was a given. He prefer to do only minimal editing on his photos, focusing on what he can do in camera rather than fixing it in post. In this digital age where so many images are only viewed on a screen, where hard drive storage has taken the place of unprocessed rolls of film left forgotten in a drawer, he shoots selectively and approaches each photograph as if it will be printed. He loves the landscape, light, and skies of New Mexico and use all three to capture his astro-photographs.