ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Every wrinkle tells a story. Every strand of his beard holds the quiet wisdom of time. This black and white portrait captures the essence of a man whose calm, steady gaze radiates dignity, memory, and peace — a fleeting moment of human connection amid the vibrant pulse of India.

AUTHOR
Lalo Esses, as most people know him, was born in Mexico City and from a very young age showed a very active imagination.

A marketer by profession, after a trip in 2015 that completely changes him, buys his first camera fully immersed in the art of photography. Since then she has become her faithful and inseparable companion. He seeks to capture the beauty of the moment, freeze time.

In 2019, the best of his photographic career, had his first solo exhibition at the Hotel Aqua in March. In addition he won an Honorable Mention in the IPA (International Photography Awards) competition, in the One Eyeland contest he won as the best landscape photographer nationally (Mexico), in the national contest of Haz Click con Mexico four of his photos were ranked in the top 100 in different categories, in addition he obtained a couple of distinctions in the Crehana contest and two of his photos were exhibited at the Soumaya museum during the event of Haz Click con Mexico) and to close the year two of his photos were in the 30 best in the contest Imago 2019 being exhibited in this school.

Photography, as its etymology defines it, is to write with light, he uses light to show something spectacular and stop in time forever. An art and his passion to be able to see the world from another view, his perspective.

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