BLUE NIGHTS

RELIGIOUS SCULPTURES

"Religious sculptures" (© Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

ARANJUEZ STATUES

The Gardens of Aranjuez also called Royal Gardens is a series of landscaped parks and forests that were created for the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (Spain). 

In 2001, it was declared World Heritage Site by Unesco. 

They contain a special colection of statues and fountains.

"Aranjuez Statues" (© Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

PROYECT 2014: DOORWAYS

"Doorways" ( © Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

TRAPPED OBJECTS

We Humans try to protect all those objects that are important in our lives of inclement weather, the force of nature, an external dangers.
These objects stand in time by a protective layer, a second artificial fragile skin.
We have a permanent internal fear of losing everything we have. We are tied to objects, and we try for instance to trap material things eternally.

"Trapped objects" (© Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

EFTI NETWORK AWARD: JUNE 2013

It was nice to be selected as first winner with those pictures in the past june 2013, in the monthly contest of the EFTI photography school (Madrid, Spain)
Thanks to EFTI school, I am now deep immersed in the world of photography.
I studied a professional course of photography last year with them. It was one of my dreams fullfilled!.

"SRAS." ( © Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2013)

http://www.efti.org/es/galeria/carlos-hoyos-martin/sras

PROYECTS 2013: FALLEN

We photographers are curious, nosy, restless. We are constantly looking for lights, shapes and beauty. 

Clearly photographers with practice observe the world with different eyes. We look up to the left, downwards, we bend, we got on top of things, we lay on the floor, we try hard to capture something that seduces us visually. 

The final decission of taking one picture or another has to do with our way of life, our culture, our psychology. 

I have to admit that personally I feel atraction for trees, plants and nature. 

In this case, walking through a park in the autumn of 2013, I saw a perfect theme to develop: Fallen leaves on the ground. 

This is the result of my work in those autumn days.

"Fallen" ( © Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2013)

ROOTS IN THE WATER

Yesterday walking along the river, I get shocked by the image of tree roots diving into the water.

"Diving roots" (© Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

UPCYCLING SPANISH AWARD 2013

Tiding up my photos of the 2013, I found this image that was selected in a Spanish photo contest about recycling. 
The image is the result of several days visiting junkyards. 
The scrap dealers had lots of trouble letting me photograph those stunning mountains of metal. Someday I would like to tell them that today a picture of their piles of scrap it´s hung on a wall as an art work. 
My intention was to upcycle scrap into art.

"Scrap ball" ( © Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2013)

PROYECT: TREES AT NIGHT

I've always loved the static presence of trees and plants. 
In winter life slows down. Perhaps at this time they dream of reaching the clouds. 
In this project I try to analyze the mysterious side of trees. 
I look up and observe their branches. These structures form an organic and whimsical design. Skeletons of green live.
Artificial light shows us the extraordinary beauty of nature. I think how they have been growing silently, day by day.
They are always there, in the silence of night. 

"Trees at night" ( © Carlos Hoyos Martín, 2014)

WELCOME TO MY PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

WHY TO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL WORK?

Do we make pictures for ourselves or to show them others?

I Think photography is a mixture of both. 

Personally I feel a strong unconscious need to recover images of the world around me, and on the other hand  when I get an image that communicates with me, I have the need to show my work publicly. I am proud of what I made with my own hands!

When you get a nice picture, a picture that talks itself, words are useless. 

I am in the beggining of this magical travel of searching and creating new images based on our world.

I would like to share with all who come to visit this blog this adventure of continous searching. 

This is my personal work. 
I am a photographer.

" The quiet horse" (© Carlos Hoyos Martin, 2013)