EXHIBITION

The Colombian View Project

Three London-based Colombian photographers display images capturing life in both the UK and Colombia. Portraits, landscapes and architectural abstractions feature highly in this captivating insight into two such equally rich and diverse cultures.

A great opportunity to see fresh artistic talent previously unexposed in London. Photographers featuring in the exhibition: Hector Mora, Leo Paesano Duque and Ed Beron.

About Hector Mora

Hector is a Colombian photographer who changed his career in Advertising for a Camera and the love of photography.

After graduating from university, Hector worked for an advertising agency in Bogotá before seizing the chance to uproot and move to London where he has been living for nearly five years.

The diversity of London, and the strong contrast with his native Bogotá has motivated Hector to develop his fondness for photography. His work is inspired by his environment and his eclectic view of the urban surroundings. The focuses of his compositions are primarily directed by his use of light and contrast in colour, which give his photographs a contemporary edge.

He now works as a successful freelance photographer. In 2007 Hector joined the Colombiage team where he was fortunate enough to combine two of his passions, photography and Colombia.

About Leonardo Paesano

Leonardo was born in Armenia, Colombia; at the age of 19, he moved to London where he discovered his passion for photography. After several courses in photography he then took his knowledge and skills to community groups, where he began running workshops with young children.

As a freelance photographer, Leonardo has documented various community, arts and campaign events. This experience has given him the opportunity to experiment with live settings and take his art to a whole new level.

In the past few years he has concentrated his skills and time within New Generation, a Latin American Arts Collective and Refugee Youth group, which works with young people across London. Working with a team of other photographers, he ran a three-month photography project for young Latin Americans. The project was a great success with their final work being exhibited at City Hall. A project that has allowed Leo to pass on his knowledge and skills, and to share and renew his interests with others.

His vision for the future is to connect England and Colombia, or Europe and Latin America, through social, community photography projects.

About Ed Beron

Since the early 1990’s, Ed’s work has involved the creation of conceptually based, socio-political photographic images that deal with memories of the past: images that have been part of his childhood and his adult experience. His work also addresses Diaspora, displacement, identity, gender and, most importantly, the underlying threads of violence and danger that appear to underpin our society.

In portraiture work, his focus is to capture the real movements of the individual. In composing and taking a portrait, he isnot only aiming to depict what the person looks like, but also to represent that which is a true reflection of who they are. Ed obtained his BA in Fine Art at London Metropoitan University, London earlier this year.