Ximena Bares

Photography is a practice that allows me to play as if I were an eight-year-old with all the toys in the world within my reach. In that constant and inevitable play, reality becomes the basis for the creation of situations escaping that same reality by evoking dream-like, sometimes unsettling images. I am drawn to the world of dreams, to human psychology, to the exploration of the different identities we take on to protect ourselves from a menacing outside world and to how individuals relate to their own solitude. The rural environment in which I live, which is at the same time raw and overwhelmingly beautiful, is the perfect scenario for me to become the protagonist of that play in which everything is possible.

Fame and Anonymity. Portraits. Collective exhibition. Galería Freijo, Madrid. Festival Off PHotoESPAÑA 2022.
May 24th to July 16th.