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I was born in Barcelona (Spain) many years ago In the 60s I came to London and established my self as a Freelance Press Photographer. I retired a few years ago as U.K. Correspondent of a popular weekly Spanish magazine. I photograph my surroundings attracted by the complexity/simplicity of our lives. Alfred Stieglitz began photographing clouds as a young man: he called these photographs Equivalents because he believed they conveyed his subjective emotional and psychological experiences. Many other photographers have done the same thing. My Equivalents are those folks I point my camera at. My capture can not be repeated. It's unique and transient like clouds. And my subjective emotional and psychological experiences are enhanced by making me feel alive. BTW. I still keep my old Nikons Rolleiflex 2.8 and my first Pentax Spotmatic (The tool, in the 60s) If you like to see some of my old shots look in.. www.flickr.com/photos/albertobotella/sets/72157622888726824/
Gallery Photos (240 total)
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“The ultimate wisdom of the photographic image is to say, ‘There is the surface. Now think - or rather feel, intuit - what is beyond it, what the reality must be like if it looks that way. ‘Photographs, which cannot themselves explain anything, are inexhaustible invitations to deduction, speculation, and fantasy… The very muteness of what is, hypothetically, comprehensible in photographs is what constitutes their attraction and provocativeness." Susan Sontag on Photography
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Testimonials (4)
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www.zakigrant.co.uk says:
"I always look at Alberto's photgraphy for inspiration.
A master in his field."1st August, 2008
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oneredpanther says:
"Alberto's pictures of Greenwich capture instants of the existence with an immediacy and freshness that elevates them from the mundane to the sublime. Twice me met serendipitously in distant parts of town and I found both his images and manner at once inspiring and uplifting; I'm sure we will be friends for the shoots to come!"
29th November, 2007
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-Chihiro- says:
"His photo's are what life is all about."
4th October, 2007
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Aitor Escauriaza says:
"Here are my first flickr friend knowed outside of flickr. It was and is a pleasure to know him, he likes to get briliant moments, nice expressions and show to us without colors to take the attention on the moment...
Thank for share Alberto , every day when i'm in the metro (underground of Barcelona) when i'm in the Poble Sec station i've a remember of you ;-)"21st August, 2007
- Name:
- Alberto Botella
- Joined:
- July 2006
- Hometown:
- Barcelona
- Currently:
- London, England
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Retired
- Website:
- http://alberto-botella.blogspot.com