Extraños, 1984-2004/03
“Extraños” shares aspects of “Diario familiar” but also reveals new directions in Juan Manuel Castro Prieto’s work. According to him, this series revolves around four main themes: childhood (always) but also sex, death, and what he calls “an intimate space”. Although some of these photographs express strong feelings and violent tension – “In many of my nudes, death is there” – all are ambiguous and mysterious. Served by a complex symbolism that can be read on many levels, they intend to evoke the strangeness of the world that surrounds us.
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