Wherever I go, my camera is always my companion, but the first time I went to a concert, I decided to leave it behind to be able to fully immerse myself in the musical experience. During this 1st concert, a strange thing happened: the music was talking to me, and at that special moment of live musical creation, I felt that I needed to talk back. This need, urged me to carry my camera with me whenever I attend a concert… Always ready to capture those moments of magic… those moments that speak to me. Music gives me this special kind of ecstasy... Every time I click that little button of my camera, I am in a rush to capture this particular moment of connection that I am so badly longing to. This project is a collection of those ecstatic musical moments that have truly touched, communicated and inspired me. The subjects of my photographs are artists or musicians that I already know and personally admire, or others that I got introduced to for the first time… But at the end, it doesn’t matter as long as I’m ecstatic and I get that trigger to shoot, and then everything feels right. ____________________________ This project is an on-going project which started in 2010 and it has more than 110 photographs so far. The featured works are available for sale. For more information please do not hesitate to contact me.

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