about photography rather
than editing, and had her
camera been a reflex camera
instead of a compact, Tudela
Bermúdez would not have
become the artist that she
is today. That jumble of
coincidences caused her to be
trapped in creative and more
“artistic” photography.
“I confess that I do not
really look for the harmony
between focus, distortions,
noise or composition so that
the image is impeccable.
I give more priority to
provoke a feeling with it
than the technique used. I
am aware that my work lifts
the passions of some and is
rejected by others. In the
same way I am also aware
that for many—particularly
the most academic, my
photographs are anything
but ‘photography’, and they
may even be right. I distance
myself from technical
perfection—I move away
from the most academic
rules, and I move away
from the balance between
parameters and all of it in an
intentional way. I deliberately
and faithfully defocus, apply
textures or use any editing
tool with the intention of
separating the image from
the representation of reality.”
“Everything changes—
nothing is stable, and
photography is not immune
to it. I try to raise the
concept with my work that
photography can be created
by taking advantage of these
tools without distorting
reality or prescribing
certain processes to it. And,
although I am part of this
world, I have not understood,
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