Balance and Tradition

• Photographer
  Martin Ordeñana
• Photo Date
  2025

A street vendor advances through the heartbeat of the city, a towering stack of simit resting effortlessly upon his head. Each step is a silent choreography of discipline and pride, echoing traditions passed down through generations. At the end of the day, he proudly counts the earnings born of his effort, a small yet precious reward for his daily labor. In his balance lies more than skill: there is dignity carried with pride, a symbol of resilience that transforms an ordinary gesture into an extraordinary testimony of human strength.

I was born and raised in Buenos Aires and since my childhood I breathed the atmosphere of this metropolis full of stimulus and different cultures. I alternate my work as a photographer to the research of visual arts. These activities are complementary to my fondness for images. As I move from one scene to another, I let my imagination wonder around and discover a story behind every face and every movement of a body, of a scenery or the city where I am living or visiting. With the help of my camera I try to tell how I see the world, free of any prejudice and conditioning.