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Gonzalo Bénard

"Expressing. Dialogue. Oneness. Humankind. Nature. Life. 

 These words are those that crop up most in my mind-bank, 

in both my consciousness and my subconscious. 

Creating is the result of the need to express. 

The need to express through art and to create a dialogue between living beings; 

to lead to the oneness of humans and our surroundings. 

Man-Woman-Animal. 

Dialogue leading to oneness of gender, ritual, rite. 

Dialogue about life. 

Dialogue as creator, as observer, as author, as part of oneness. 

Part of the world. Part of life. 

 When writing, painting and drawing were no longer fulfilling me as a creator, 

photography came unexpectedly into my life. 

I let it come so my expression could flow, 

my creativity could come out pre-digested. 

Playing with light and feelings, cultures and people, 

without distracting colours, backgrounds or clothing. 

 Often using myself as part of the oneness, 

being in front and behind the camera, 

gives me a better sense of the dialogue. 

I can create and be involved in the rituals and cultures of life. 

As oneness. 

As nature. 

As light itself. 

 But, as a Portuguese poet once said: 

'If God wanted to give names to the flowers or the stars, 

He would have created them with labels'".
Gonzalo Bénard