Interview
Spain
Antonio Peinado draws inspiration from the people around him, giving the world a different perspective.
1 Can you introduce yourself and talk about how you got into photography?
I am Antonio Peinado, a photographer who specializes in Portraits and Nudes. I like to interpret the world that surrounds me through my eyes as I feel it, with my own gaze and with the feelings that the flow of life provokes in me. I have been interested in photography since I was very young and I have always been interested in expressing feelings instead of a cold and aseptic vision of the world around me.
2 Where did you study photography?
I have been interested in photography since I was a child and I
3 Do you remember your first shot? What was it?
I remember my first contact with photography when I was a child, although seen it with the fog of childhood and time that has passed. My first photographs were about my family and about the games with my brothers and my childhood friends.
4 What equipment do you use?
I really choose the photographic equipment depending on the project I am doing, whether it is analog or digital, or a mixture of both. There are also cameras that put me in different moods and that makes me perceive my subject in a special way: sometimes that is what determines my choice of one or another camera. My favorite rigs are my Hasselblad 503cw and my 8x10
5 What do you hope to achieve?
I try (and hope) to create images that continue to move me and, if possible, that move the viewer.
6 What compliment inspired/touched you the most?
The compliment that moved me the most was that of a photographer who attended a conference I gave for the UNED (Distance Education University) and in which I also showed some of my photographic work. This woman told me that my work had excited and moved her and even changed her perception of photography and her way of interpreting it.
7 What inspires your unique storytelling?
My two main sources of inspiration are, on the one hand, the love I feel for my family and that my family feels for me too and, on the other hand, the world around me, what I like and what I dislike. I actually think that what inspires me is the experience of living.
8 What THREE (3) words describe your photography style?
Emotional, Elegant, Sincere
9 Congratulations! As the winner of the MUSE Photography Awards, what does it mean for you and your team to receive this distinction?
Thanks! Having won this recognition is a great support to my career since it increases the diffusion and visibility of my work and presents me as a photographer of recognized prestige.
10 Can you explain a bit about the winning work you entered into the 2022 MUSE Photography Awards, and why you chose to enter this project?
Both projects, Synaesthesia and WoMoon, talk about Women, praise and value their contribution to our society. My wife is an example for me because of her values and her strength and her way of being is a great source of inspiration for me. Synaesthesia talks about how we can confuse the perception of the presence of women and the different roles they play in our societies. The following text accompanies the series.
11 How has winning an award developed your career?
Every time I have received recognition, it has served to encourage me to continue working hard on my projects. The recognitions have served as an incentive for me.
12 Name 1-3 photographers who have inspired you.
It is very difficult to focus only on three photographers, but if I have to choose, at the moment they are: Helmut Newton Richard Avedon Gregory Colbert
13 What was the best piece of advice you were given starting out, by a mentor or your role model?
They advised me to bet on continuous training and work, and that in difficult times I should believe in myself and not get discouraged.
14 What advice would you give someone who would like to become a photographer today?
My advice is that, having a basic technical knowledge, observe all the artistic manifestations that you can, observe the world around you and then look within yourself for everything you have to say.
15 What is your key to success? Any parting words of wisdom?
From my point of view, the key is to work hard, love my work and be authentic with myself.
16 How do you stay in that space of being receptive to new information and knowledge?
I always remain receptive in those aspects. As we have different experiences we change, and that change along with our memory is what defines us.
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Antonio Peinado
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Fine Art Photography - Portrait
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Antonio Peinado
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Fine Art Photography - Nudes
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Antonio Peinado
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Black & White Photography - Nudes
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Antonio Peinado
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Fine Art Photography - Fine Art / Other
Photographer / Company
Antonio Peinado
Category
Fine Art Photography - Fine Art / Other