The 50mm diaries

Already three years since I moved to Asia. Three years full of good (and not so good) experiences. Just arrived I moved to a small apartment in the countryside.

I could share thousand of stories about cultural shocks or the contrast between the traditional and themodern way of life, but this is not the place or the right moment. Besides this is the subject of a photographic project that is taking part of my time nowadays.

After few years in this place I am moving to a new apartment in the town at the end of this month. Come back to the modern world, to the noisy city, the neon lights and its frenetic pulse. As if it were a strong coffee, maybe is not the healthier choice, but this is what I need… and what I want.

I come to feel tired of these 4 walls and life in the countryside is far from my natural environment. I am sure I will miss this place soon. Human beings are like that… complex (or just jerks), but sometimes we need to walk new roads, reset the meter and reinvent ourselves.

Besides, the idea of a new and bigger living space seduces me. Someone told me that I was sharing my apartment with ghosts (old asian superstition). True or not, the fact is that those ghosts never shared the rent with me… Probably there is not credit cards afterlife, probably they don’t need it. The fact is that, although they never bothered me, it is time to move forward and take different ways…

To be continued…

If you are here, you probably would like to know who I am, what is my name and this kind of things… or maybe not… maybe you just droped to my blog for some strange reason… in fact, it doesn’t really matter. Finally, this will be (in some way) my diary, my space and the place where I will show my thoughts and my daily life. So I think I should start it with a formal presentation.

My name is Carlos Martz. Real or not, this will be the name I will use in the net. I am a spanish independent photographer based somewhere in Asia.

When I say “independent” means that I have that artistic freedom that most of freelancers enjoy… or in other words, that my photographic activity doesn’ t pay all my bills. That make me “suffer” endless hours in an office where I spend good and bad days in the limited space of a cubicle. In the other hand, this allow me to choose and engage only those photographic projects that really interest me.

Here you will find some works from my projects mixed with personal stuff. A collage of information that, as an oniric movie from David Lynch, would reveal the real me, the man behind the camera.

At the same time, this diary will be a proof of my personal evolution and the result of my projects.

To be continued…