Prelude
The photographs in this section were captured using various mobile devices. Most of them were taken during my time as a Philosophy student, which is why the primary setting features the university’s beautiful architecture. Those with a different aesthetic reflect moments of discovery during my journeys to and from the institute.

The image, in all its forms—whether a photograph, drawing, or painting—is a language that transcends the mediums that create it. What defines its impact is not the tool used—as in this case, a cellphone—but the gaze that composes it. Roland Barthes expressed it clearly: what captivates us is not the technique or the device, but the punctum, that point of contact that pierces and penetrates us. In this sense, the creation of images is not limited to the device; these are mere conduits. What matters is the ability to organize visual chaos, to transform the disordered flow of lines and shapes that surround us into a coherent discourse.



The art of composition, then, is not a technical skill but a profound act of observation. One who knows how to compose not only looks but sees; they see the lines others ignore, identifying the invisible structures that underlie the physical world. The artist should not seek to represent the world as faithfully as possible; rather, they must choose what to include and what to leave out. It is the act of drawing with light, space, or form, of capturing what is not always evident. It is not enough to look; one must learn to see: to slide between the sublime and the trivial, to extract from the world that ephemeral beauty others overlook.



The tool used becomes secondary if behind it lies a gaze that understands composition as an invisible sketch. Creating is an exercise in order, an intimate act of visual discernment. Those who achieve this order can transform any everyday scene into a work that touches the profound, the essential of human experience.



Only the gaze that knows how to organize chaos, that understands the delicate geometry of the fleeting, can elevate the everyday to the realm of the eternal. And thus, in that alchemy of the eye, the truth is revealed: what matters is not the medium but the ability to see beyond the veil of the immediate.

"Composition is the soul that gives meaning to the chaos of vision." — Wassily Kandinsky.


Mais, qu'importe la damnation éternelle à celui qui a trouvé en une seconde l'infini du plaisir !

©All works belong to Mariano E. Rodríguez, 2024