Income several times since 1990 to his native village of Caceres Altamina (Venezuela) Jorge Rivas Rivas takes us in the footsteps of its past.
Playing sensations and emotions he redraws the contours of an uncertain landscape for scattered memories.
His work in both photographic and poetic we delve into the elusive existence of life, a life taken by surprise by his sudden disappearance, which we keep the shade, some pictures shriveled and silent whispers.
Jorge Rivas Rivas propse we mediate on the land of his origins involving people, things and places that have lived since his childhood, in a tangle of photos and poems.
Playing sensations and emotions he redraws the contours of an uncertain landscape for scattered memories.
His work in both photographic and poetic we delve into the elusive existence of life, a life taken by surprise by his sudden disappearance, which we keep the shade, some pictures shriveled and silent whispers.
Jorge Rivas Rivas propse we mediate on the land of his origins involving people, things and places that have lived since his childhood, in a tangle of photos and poems.
Retourné plusieurs fois, depuis 1990, à son village natal, Altamira de Cáceres, situé dans le piémont vénézuelien, Jorge Rivas-Rivas propose une méditation sur la terre de ses origines en associant les gens, les lieux et les choses qui l’ont habitée depuis son enfance.
Né en 1958 à Altamira de Cáceres (Venezuela), Jorge Rivas-Rivas vit à Paris depuis 1979. Il a suivi une formation de Cinéma à l’Université de Paris VIII et à l’Université de New York. La découverte des ateliers de photographie de l’American Center de Paris a été décisive et l’a orienté, en 1987, vers la photographie. Exposant régulièrement depuis 1992, Rivas-Rivas a publié, en 1999, un premier ouvrage « Artistes Latino-américaines à Paris (Monte Avila/ Alliance Française). Vient de paraître, chez Filigranes, son deuxième livre : « Mi pueblo ».