Gabriel

The Gabriel project is a visual portrait of Gabriel’s transition over six years. The photographs of his physical transition are surrounded by landscapes that have witnessed his changes and revelation, and include phrases taken from his diaries and interviews with Gabriel himself that help to understand the evolution of his feelings. The project also includes archive images of his childhood, when he still responded to the name of Isabel, and includes selfies that the protagonist has shared in his social networks from 2012 to 2018, the key years of his journey.

Some years ago I moved to Madrid to live. Some years inundated with conflicting feelings. Feeling like I was from here, but also from there. Almost always feeling like I was from nowhere. Years in which travelling became a lifestyle. A period in which I have formed memories made up of portraits of complex individuals and lost gazes. Strangers that I have shared dead time with waiting and travelling between cities, “the moments in which one ceases to be”, as my dear friend Miguel Ángel Hernández. At some point during the conversations I had with my travelling companions they shared their experiences with me and talked to me about their feelings and worries. I then understood that the things that sometimes seem unique, individual and personal to us perhaps are not. That we have more experiences and fears in common with others than we imagine. That we live in a permanent area of uncertainty. After becoming aware of this situation, this piece of work has become a small dedication to “those that travel” and, above all, “to those that feel”.

Vera confessed to Victoria that she was transexual the day they kissed for the first time. It was in a park. It did not change anything. For the four years that they were together, they loved each other as they had never loved anyone before. For that part of their lives, Vera and Victoria were no longer two people, they merged into one. They built a home together filled with dreams and future projects. The project is a visual diary shot between 2012 and 2016 in which I have portrayed the intimate universe of Vera and Victoria. A universe in which new facets of a relationship as intense as theirs come to the surface. No better or worse thananyone else.