#1 Please introduce yourself:
Bernardo Medina, born in El Salvador, Central America, I have lived in Houston Texas most of my life.

#2 How did you get interested in photography?
Photography is a source of inspiration for my Architectural projects, it lets me play with the perception of the outside world, it’s structures, forms, colors, illusions and cliches.

#3 Do you have an artistic/photographic background?
Art is a way of experiencing the artfulness of an object; the object is not important, photography these days is evolving into a new art form that could only be compared to the painting techniques of the past.

#4 Your playing with the perspective and colors is amazing, what other sources shapes your works?
I’ve become interested in the abstract feelings produced by colors and forms. Architectural spaces ussually affect the way we feel and behave, I believe that colors and forms are a medium which can convey the most subtle and complex feelings, and can give the viewer a sense of a particular place and time that goes beyond the visual expression of that place. I find alot of inspiration in the natural forms and colors.

#5 Most of photographers have favorite light conditions, as well as time of day and season of year. When you are doing your photographs?
The painter ‘Carel Willink’ developed the style ‘het magisch realisme’ ( tranlation: magic realism). The way he used lighting did not follow the conventional rules, back then his work was unique, For me the challenge in producing a unique photograph is that, You can’t be on a hurry, You have to take the time to wait around for the perfect light. Many great photographs are produced only after taking the time to study a subject, learning when it looks best, and returning to photograph it under fantastic light. This is how a unique photo is made, is all about imagination.

#6 How much preparation do you put into taking a photograph? Are you planning every step or is it always spontaneous?
Most of the times my photos start on paper as a concept, then I look for the location to photograph the image and produce it I look for the ‘light’ and then I take a picture, objects are nothing, light is everything, almost anything looks great under powerful light.