Javier Molina
Fotógrafo originario de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
A los 12 años encuentra un suplemento de un periódico local que hace referencia a las supermodelos de los 90 y a partir de ahí siente una atracción por la foto de moda, más que mirar la tendencia de lo que se usa en ese momento, presta atención a las imágenes y el contexto donde son fotografiadas las modelos, descubriendo los nombres de los grandes fotógrafos de moda como Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, entre muchos otros.
A los 17 años le obsequian su primer cámara fotográfica, inicia a tomar pequeños cursos con maestros locales.
En 1994 inicia la carrera en Artes, en la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, a partir de 1999 comienza a colaborar con agencias de modelos y diseñadores de moda de su ciudad.
Su trabajo se caracteriza por tomar como referencias la historia del arte, el cine, el paisaje urbano y natural, maneja símbolos de su cultura regional en puestas en escena en el estudio o en locación, teniendo una fijación por la manipulación de la luz.
Javier Molina
Photographer from Monterrey, Mexico.
At the age of 12 he finds a supplement to a local newspaper that refers to the supermodels of the 90’s and from there he feels an attraction for fashion photography, rather than looking at the trend of what is used at that moment, he pays attention to the images and the context where the models are photographed, discovering the names of the great fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, among many others.
At the age of 17, he was given his first camera and began to take small courses with local photographers.
In 1994 he started his degree in Visual Arts at the Nuevo León State University, and in 1999 he began to collaborate with modeling agencies and fashion designers in his city.
His work is characterized by taking as references the History of Art, Cinema, Urban and Natural Landscape, symbols of his regional culture in stagings in the studio and on location, having a fixation by the manipulation of light.
Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.
Peter Lindbergh