This series talks about the human condition as they are on a peaceful holiday, their pride to be there, their honesty and vulnerability. Groups of families and friends had set themselves by the sea, equipped to spend a day in the sun. All this, harmoniously juxtaposed, seems to reveal through humour, colour and tenderness, the profundity of a society.
Tribes is a social analysis, a raw portrait of the occidental society. On the one hand it talks about the middle class suffering from an identity crisis created by the current economic situation. These images make us wonder what is changing and what will remain. On the other hand, they challenge today’s concept of beauty. The photographs were taken along thousands of kilometres of the Spanish coast and people were asked to participate in situ. It is both anthropological and travel photography with a social statement, inspired by the studio portraits of ancient tribes who proudly posed in traditional costumes next to their prized possessions. The lighting and the theatricality of the groups add an element of fantasy to the portraits of real people in their natural surroundings. The artist refers to this way of social photography as Antropología Fantástica.