“The models are friends of mine. These photographs involve moments of complicity that only a friend could accept. If there is no fondness between the model and the photographer, this kind of work cannot be done”
~ Flor Garduno
Flor’s way of working is very intense and thorough and requires much planning and thought. I suppose her approach is the complete opposite to “The Decisive Moment”. She works like a theater director, peeling away at the layers of storytelling she collaborates on with her models until the desired moment is revealed. She is complicit with her subject and in all her key images you sense that special connection. It transcends language. I remember vividly the first time we met so many years ago. I was deeply moved by her work. Neither of us at the time could speak each other’s language, but it didn’t matter. The images spoke for her.
