Álvaro Laiz is a Spanish photographer whose work deals with narratives where traditional culture, nature and industrial development converge; his anthropological and environmental photography frequently take him to some of the most remote zones of the world
© Portrait taken from the artist's Vimeo account
Álvaro Laiz is a Spanish photographer whose work deals with narratives where traditional culture, nature and industrial development converge; his anthropological and environmental photography frequently take him to some of the most remote zones of the world
© Portrait taken from the artist's Vimeo account
His work has been published in many publications and exhibited in mueums and festivals worldwide; recently at the Rencontres d'Arles 2017.
His first book The Hunt (2017) has been published in two versions by Dewi Lewis (English) and Editorial RM (Spanish).
Presentation by Dewi Lewis : "The Udege people, in eastern Siberia, have lived in the boreal forest for hundreds of years. Due to their close contact with nature, their beliefs are full of references to supernatural forces that they believe should be respected. In 1997 a Russian poacher called Markov came across the trail of a enormous Amur tiger....