The light filtered by the water, the reflections of their silver bodies, and the movement of their fins resemble a northern lights of liquid birds. To fly underwater does not mean to move: it is to surrender to the rhythm of the abyss, the art of floating without sound. Who protects those who fly where no one looks? Who guards the skies of the ocean?
Camilo Diaz, born 1981 in Medellin, Colombia, studied Visual Arts at the National University of Colombia and further Fashion Photography, Advertising and Film Studies at various Universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His artistic work focuses on the intimate portrayal of people and their immediate lives and surroundings. More than a depiction, his photographs reveal an intimate discovery and allow shared momentum. His subjects are not strangers but rather people with whom he enters a story.